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Re:Harvard Accused of Bias Against Asian-Americans by bobcostas55 on Saturday May 16, 2015 @11:32AM (#9556445)
Whites are actually unaffected by affirmative action. The transfer is from Asians to blacks/Hispanics. Here's some hard data: http://www.princeton.edu/~tje/files/Opportunity%20Cost%20of%...

"White applicants would benefit very little by removing racial and ethnic preferences; the white acceptance rate would increase by roughly 0.5 percentage points."

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Re:Harvard Accused of Bias Against Asian-Americans by thrcp971 on Saturday May 16, 2015 @12:42PM (#9556715)
That's from one study, and it's 10 years ago. Not dispositive in the slightest.
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