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Affirmative Action is About More Than Acceptance Letters
Notes from America with Kai Wright
The Impact of Race Based Affirmative Action on Admissions
The impact of race based affirmative action, I think at most highly selective institutions is on the order of 1% right so that there's a relatively infinitesimal impact. All of those other factors mentioned earlier have a much greater impact. So the idea that there's some kind of unfairness is really not only is it untrue, but the narrative is consistent with this long history of blaming black people for any form of adversity.
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