Affirmative Action on the Chopping Block
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts
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Are Black and Latinx Students Taking Up Slots at Harvard?
The evidence showed that without consideration of race, there would be a reduction of black and Latino students on campus by about 50%. Kara: Even if you removed every single black and Latinx applicant from the entire admissions pool to Harvard, the chance of admissions for other students would only increase by about 1%. "There's just not enough applicants who are coming from black or Latinx or Native American backgrounds," she says.
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