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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course these other policies  differ from affirmative action in that they are race neutral categories.  
30 percent non white benefitting from legacies is not an insignificant amount.  Minorities make up a sizable portion of athletic recruits.

The irony of ending legacies now is that we are just reaching the point where the increasingly diverse classes from the 1980s and later have kids of college age.[/quote]

According to the docs, Athletes from 2014-2019, there were 817 whites, 101 Asians, 124 blacks, 57 Hispanics.  Whites made off 69% of all athletes.  Not too many minorities sail, swim, row or play lacrosse, [b]soccer,[/b] field hockey, etc.

Most people would assume that the numbers of black athletes would be more because of the outsized influence of football and basketball, but the number of kids on those rosters pale in comparison to the total with all the other sports you barely would find a black face.[/quote]

Soccer doesn't have URM?  Many Hispanics play soccer so that surprises me.[/quote]

Ton of middle class to UMC Whites play soccer. Travel soccer cost a lot of money, and they hire private coaches.[/quote]

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