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                                             July 22, 2021

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From "The Sum of Us", "The Hidden Wound", p233:

   "... many white people both resent affirmative
   action and imagine that is is vastly more
   widespread than it really is.  The share of Black
   and brown students at selective colleges has
   actually declined over thirty-five years despite
   stated affirmative action polices, and the
   overwhelmingly white categories of children of
   alumni, faculty, donors, or athletes made up 43
   percent, for example, of students admitted to
   Harvard from 2010 to 2015."


       I often wonder about the asians at Harvard--
       if you're a fan of meritocracy as measured by
       standardized tests, Asians do really well on
       those.  Why don't they dominate the graduating
       classes of Harvard?

       There's a lot of evidence out there for
       affirmative action for white people if you
       look.



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