Racial diversity does not disadvantage qualified Asian American applicants

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Imagine being the person who destroys affirmative action and gets to live out their fantasy. But does racial diversity really disadvantage qualified Asian American applicants? Asian Americans make up a small percentage of the population but a significant percentage of Harvard admissions. In 2008, they accounted for 46% of Harvard score senders with SAT scores above 2200 and 55% with scores above 2300. This data challenges the argument that Asian Americans are disadvantaged at Harvard.

Liz and Andrew break down the Supreme Court's gutting of what little remained of affirmative action in the just-released decision of SFFA v. Harvard.

Notes SFFA v. Harvard https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/20-1199_hgdj.pdf

SFFA complaint http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Harvard-lawsuit-11-17-14.pdf

OA 93 https://openargs.com/oa93-affirmative-action-best-legal-brief-ever-written/

OA 219 - you may be surprised just how minor affirmative action was https://openargs.com/oa219-harvard-and-affirmative-action/

Henry Etkowitz et al, “The Paradox of Critical Mass for Women in Science” https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/uzzi/ftp/paradox.pdf

African American wealth https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/06/19/why-racial-wealth-gap-persists-more-than-years-after-emancipation/

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