I should start off by saying I’m a white guy who’s trying to get peoples opinions. I go to a school where 70% is non-white and 55% are female. So most of my friends are non-white, and there’s one thing I hear a lot. They say it’s harder for minorities to get into top colleges. I don’t say anything because it I’m usually the only white guy there and I don’t want them to gang up on me, but I feel like everyone, including white people, says that their race is preventing them from getting accepted into top colleges. I just think that having mostly white people makes sense in top colleges because most of America is white. But I also agree that it’s important to have a diverse school environment. About 22% of America’s population is non-white, but Harvard is about 51% non-white. I don’t know what to think about it, what do you think? Also, I want to say that this only applies to top colleges.
US population is 61.9% white not Hispanic or Latino, so others are 38.1%, which is more comparable to the Harvard number which counts Hispanic or Latino students as non-white.
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045216
Also, high school students and recent high school graduates are less white than the overall US population.
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