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<p>No, they are barred by Federal Law from considering race as an admissions criteria.</p>
<p>No other academy has such a law preventing them from doing so.</p>
<p>[United</a> States Code: TITLE 14 > PART I > CHAPTER 9 > § 182 (a)-Cadets; number, appointment, obligation to serve](<a href=“http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/14/usc_sec_14_00000182----000-.html]United”>http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/14/usc_sec_14_00000182----000-.html)</p>
<p>And no other academy but USNA has “diversity” as it’s #1 (above all else, above everything) priority.</p>