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I don't know if you read the article, but the main focus of the lawsuit is that Asians and whites have a much smaller chance of getting accepted than black people.

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The smallest measure of blacks as a percentage of US population would be 12%, and at Yale blacks are half of that.

I'm not arguing that blacks are fairly represented at Yale (clearly they aren't). I'm just pointing out that it's not what this lawsuit is about.

Yes I believe GP is referencing the broader political goal of diminishing/repealing affirmative action laws from the books.

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