Remember
FASORP,
the
reverse
discrimination
edgelords
that
sound
like
they
were
named
after
a
crummy
corporation
in
a
lazy
dystopian
novel?
These
jokers
hijacked
University
of
Michigan’s
listserv
at
the
beginning
of
April
to
whine
about
personal
statements,
painting
them
as
Title
VI,
Title
IX,
and
42
U.S.C.
§
1981
rending
monstrosities
forcing
DEI
into
the
hallowed
halls
of
law
review.
Personal
statements
are
really
just
a
chance
to
show
some
character
and
talk
about
your
work
ethic,
but
FASORP
wants
you
to
think
that
any
application
process
that
extends
beyond
submitting
your
GPA
and
writing
competition
score
is
tantamount
to
reparations
that
force
White
and
Jewish
students
to
foot
the
bill.
Instead
of
taking
my
sage
advice
and
developing
some
soft
skills
to
make
them
more
personable,
FASORP
is
back
and
they’re
doubling
down
on
their
insufferability.
This
time,
they’ve
abandoned
their
rhetoric
about
the
importance
of
meritocracy
and
have
become
full-tilt
advocates
for
gaming
the
system:
they
want
everyone
to
claim
that
they
are
Black,
Trans,
or
some
other
facet
of
the
community
that
the
police
have
a
reputation
for
beating
up
on
as
some
way
of
sticking
it
to
the
“woke
moralists”
for
taking
their
coveted
law
review
positions.
Here
are
a
couple
of
snippets:
Claim
that
you
are
“African-American”
regardless
of
what
your
DNA
test
reveals.
Every
member
of
the
human
race
can
truthfully
claim
African
heritage
because
homo
sapiens
originated
in
Africa
and
later
migrated
to
different
continents.Last
year,
a
white
law-review
applicant
at
an
elite
law
school
(not
Michigan)
claimed
to
have
African
heritage
in
his
personal
statement—as
we
all
do—and
he
made
law
review.
Of
course,
it
is
possible
that
this
student
earned
his
place
on
law
review
with
his
grades
and
writing-competition
performance
without
any
need
for
the
diversity
bonus
that
law
reviews
systematically
award
to
black
applicants,
so
there
is
no
way
to
know
for
sure
whether
his
claim
about
African
heritage
made
the
difference.
But
it
certainly
didn’t
hurt.…
Begin
the
process
of
gender
transitioning
before
the
writing
competition
begins
May
7,
2025.
If
you
are
male,
stop
getting
haircuts
and
shave
your
legs.
If
you
are
female,
cut
your
hair
short.
Buy
some
clothes
for
the
opposite
sex
and
try
them
on.
Wear
them
while
you
work
on
the
writing
competition…After
you
submit
your
personal
statement,
you
can
always
decide
to
detransition
and
revert
back
to
living
in
accordance
with
your
biological
sex.
I’d
say
that
this
is
childish
behavior
that
you’d
expect
from
teenagers
—
which
is
true
—
but
it
fails
to
capture
the
whole
picture.
As
much
as
FASORP
would
like
to
paint
this
as
praxis
for
navigating
a
broken
world
or
biting
satire,
the
truth
is
that
false
flagging
is
a
well
known
and
tired
strategy
that
has
been
used
to
sow
discord.
And
here’s
the
kicker
—
they
generally
aren’t
that
good
at
not
being
found
out
sooner
or
later.
Remember
that
Republican
politician
who
got
caught
tweeting
as
a
Gay
Black
man?:
This
flavor
of
online
trolling
has
been
around
for
about
a
decade
—
one
of
the
tells
that
it’s
happening
is
that
the
trolls
aren’t
actually
that
great
at
playing
“Black.”
Here’s
a
quote
from
the
linked
article:
[O]ne
of
the
common
mistakes
trolls
make
is
misusing
or
overusing
African-American
Vernacular
English.
“It’s
not
just
that
they
get
the
rules
of
AAVE
wrong
—
both
the
spoken
and
written
conventions
—
they
also
don’t
code
switch
the
way
black
people
do.
Not
a
lot
of
effort
goes
into
these
accounts,
in
my
honest
opinion,”
[S.
I.]
Rosenbaum
says.“They’re
trying
to
sound
black,
whatever
that
means,
but
it
comes
off
as
very
stereotypical,”
Reign,
who
says
she
encounters
at
least
four
trolls
every
month,
says.
“Even
if
we
sound
that
way,
we
don’t
type
that
way
—
especially
when
we
have
characters
to
spare.”
So
you
know
what?
Anyone
who
wants
to
adopt
FASORP’s
strategy,
go
for
it!
And
when
you
get
caught,
I
hope
that
knowing
your
dissimulation
wasn’t
enough
to
salvage
your
GPA
and
writing
sample
keeps
you
up
at
night.
If
you
want
to
read
the
full
email
sent
by
these
bitter
rejects,
you
can
flip
to
the
next
page.
Earlier:
Totally
Serious
And
Not
Made-Up
Group
Hijacks
Michigan
Law
Listserv
To
‘Preserve
Evidence’
And
Expose
‘Unworthy’
Students
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.