"Relatively few blacks and Hispanics had the test scores needed to get into MIT" because: - These racial groups have far fewer parents who can afford the coach

"Relatively few blacks and Hispanics had the test scores needed to get into MIT" because: - These racial groups have far fewer parents who can afford the coaching and external resources required to have kids achieve those test scores - These racial groups were subject to a long history of systemic segregation that locked them out of opportunities to build generational wealth during one of the most opportune times in the US's history to do so (post-World War II) That is part of the reason why schools like MIT chose to use race as a factor. Tons of literature has been (and continues to be) written on this topic.