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> [Asians] received 57 percent of the offers for the specialized schools for the fall

Does that imply that whites received less than 44% of the offers, and does that make whites underrepresented?

Not necessarily because whites are only around 15% of the NYC public school population. But it means they are not as over-represented as Asian students, since there are also some Hispanic students who are admitted, which caps how high the white percentage could be.

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