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Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions... by metzby on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:30PM (#21130256)
I didn't see "non-Jewish" white in the source. Did you add up the rest and subtract from 100?

I think these should be able to add up to more than 100. E.g., someone who is both Hispanic and Black.

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Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions... by deogeo on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:37PM (#21130323)
I subtracted Jewish from white, since "Out of this 2,831,000 religious Jewish population, 92% are non-Hispanic white": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jews#Assimilation_and...
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Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions... by metzby on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @05:49PM (#21131090)
Where did you get the number of white? I'm saying you can't sum ethnicities because many people are multiple ethnicities.
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Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions... by deogeo on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @06:27PM (#21131507)
Subtracted everyone else from 100%. I think they made people pick either only one ethnicity in their polls, or they were lumped under 'other'. The numbers I get are close to https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/harvard-university/s..., so while not totally accurate, I'd say they're reasonably good.
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