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It's refreshing to see a statistical analysis that is free from the whole "affirmation action" rhetoric that's posted in articles about this case. Though I always had a general sense that ALDC's were admitted at a higher rate, I never knew that it was this high.

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Did you not read the paper? They make direct comparison to AA in the first paragraph.

No it does not. I just reread the opening paragraph three times and there is no comparison being made to AA. Did you not read the paper?

From the second paragraph of the introduction:

"The ongoing debate about the use of affirmative action in college admissions has also drawn attention to the impact that other admissions preferences have on the racial composition of college students"

Observing that lots of people are concerned about affirmative action is not the same as advocacy for affirmative action. Observing and even criticizing discrimination in favor of white applicants is also not the same as advocacy for affirmative action.

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