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>Though I'd disagree with the whole if it, if they went 'strictly SAT' or something, and suppose 50% of every class was Asian-American, whereupon Asian-American
by DanAndersen 8y ago
>Though I'd disagree with the whole if it, if they went 'strictly SAT' or something, and suppose 50% of every class was Asian-American, whereupon Asian-Americans only make up 5% of the overall population of the US thereby meaning a 10x overrepresentation ... well - that's a problem by any social measure.
By this definition, that "problem by any social measure" already exists. The Jewish (undergrad) population at Harvard is 25% [0] whereas the U.S. Jewish population is approximately 2%. Given this already-existing 10x overrepresentation, would a significant increase in the percentage of Asian-American students vs the domestic population be a social problem? Maybe yes maybe no, it's a complex question.
[0] https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/The-most-heavily-Jewish-US-college-and-other-facts-about-Jews-at-American-colleges-437701 https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/The-most-heavily-Jewish-US-co...