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When States Ban Affirmative Action, White People Profit The Most (www.theroot.com)
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A new report from The Washington Post shows just how The Supreme Court's federal ban hurts students of color.

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[–] tal@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

When States Ban Affirmative Action, White People Profit The Most

IIRC, Asians -- and for the non-Americans out there, in a US context, the term refers to people out of East Asia -- were the most-strongly-disadvantaged by affirmative action.

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They weren’t disadvantaged by AA.

They were disadvantaged by legacy admissions.

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

[Asians] weren’t disadvantaged by AA.

"The First Circuit found that Harvard’s consideration of race has resulted in fewer admissions of Asian-American students. Respondents’ assertion that race is never a negative factor in their admissions programs cannot withstand scrutiny."