new book by James Rosen on why Antonin Scalia believes he was rejected by Princeton: “I was an Italian boy from Queens, not quite the Princeton type”

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Scalia was rejected in 1953 when he applied to Princeton University. He said “I was an Italian boy from Queens, not quite the Princeton type.” (I.E. Haven Monahan.) In spite of this, he failed to hate Anglo-America.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Was Rejected by Top Schools

The justice, who says African-Americans might be better served by less challenging academic programs, was himself snubbed by elite schools—and blamed his ethnicity for the rejection.

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