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Re:Justice Department sues Yale for illegal practices in adm... by J5892 on Thursday October 08, 2020 @07:41PM (#24725156)
I don't know if you read the article, but the main focus of the lawsuit is that Asians and whites have a much smaller chance of getting accepted than black people.
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Re:Justice Department sues Yale for illegal practices in adm... by ChomskyNormal4m on Thursday October 08, 2020 @07:47PM (#24725213)
The smallest measure of blacks as a percentage of US population would be 12%, and at Yale blacks are half of that.
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Re:Justice Department sues Yale for illegal practices in adm... by J5892 on Thursday October 08, 2020 @07:53PM (#24725251)
I'm not arguing that blacks are fairly represented at Yale (clearly they aren't). I'm just pointing out that it's not what this lawsuit is about.
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Re:Justice Department sues Yale for illegal practices in adm... by marnett on Thursday October 08, 2020 @07:45PM (#24725189)
Yes I believe GP is referencing the broader political goal of diminishing/repealing affirmative action laws from the books.
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