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Why is it even surprising? If you look at truly meritocratic high schools - Thomas Jefferson, Stuyvesant, whites represent less than 20% of the student body.
by whywhywhydude 4y ago
Why is it even surprising? If you look at truly meritocratic high schools - Thomas Jefferson, Stuyvesant, whites represent less than 20% of the student body.
- djao 4y agoYes, this is where the article is wrong. Race is not one monolithic bloc. If admissions were purely meritocratic, then the incoming class would be approximately 70% asian, 20% white, and 10% other. Clearly, some minority demographics don't need affirmative action in order to be competitive in applications. But the article errs in assuming that all minority demographics are equally dependent on affirmative action.