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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by bananaface on Friday August 14, 2020 @05:58AM (#24155913)
A poor asian family might have a hundredth of the wealth of a rich black family. Race is a terrible proxy for wealth. If wealth is the issue, use wealth.
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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by charlesu on Friday August 14, 2020 @08:37AM (#24157086)
In the United States, race is a pretty great proxy for wealth.
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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by rebelos on Friday August 14, 2020 @09:00PM (#24165035)
That's far less true at the statistical margin of elite college admissions. You don't have to think very hard to see why.
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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by bananaface on Saturday August 15, 2020 @09:46AM (#24168818)
It's not even true in general, the variance is enormous.
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Re:Feds say Yale discriminates against Asian, white applicants by bananaface on Friday August 14, 2020 @09:59AM (#24158020)
No it isn't.
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