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Less than half of babies born in the US in 2012 were white. So while the demographics of the country as a whole haven't reached that point yet, due to a previou
by twobyfour 9y ago
Less than half of babies born in the US in 2012 were white. So while the demographics of the country as a whole haven't reached that point yet, due to a previously heavily white population that's aging but still alive, the demographics of kids born in 1999 and entering Harvard in 2017 are pretty darn close.
- gspetr 9y agoIIRC Harvard listed 2.5% of people graduating from that same class of 2021 as being Native American or indigenous people from Pacific Islands (don't remember what they were called precisely) which are actually 0.2% of general population. I strongly doubt you can make an argument that these people are there on merit alone.
- twobyfour 9y agoAgain: 0.2% of the general population? Or 0.2% of people born in 2000?
- gspetr 9y agoI don't have the exact data of births by race but I suppose we can make a reasonable extrapolation out of this: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/08/03/u-s-hispanic-population-growth-has-leveled-off/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/08/03/u-s-hispanic... If the most prolific group (Asians) has a growth of 2.9%, then the possibility of one group, even if minor to have had a growth of 1000%+ (0.2% to 2.5%) is virtually impossible. I think this proves my point that Native Americans (including Native Hawaiians and other peoples) are vastly overrepresented at Harvard.