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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by globular-toast on Friday August 14, 2020 @04:38AM (#24155405)
> "white" (which is weird in itself because it's technically a bunch of different races bundled into one light skinned bucket).

Nowhere near as weird as "black". Not only is there more genetic diversity within Africa than anywhere else, anyone who has a single drop of black in their lineage is considered black, unless they have completely white skin. It's a ridiculously broad bucket.

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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by reaperducer on Friday August 14, 2020 @01:09PM (#24160455)
"Black" is not just Africa. It also encompasses many Caribbean nations, and probably some others that escape my mind at the moment.

Also, portions of Africa have white populations. South Africa, for example. And North Africa is Arab.

Ethnicity ≠ geography.

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