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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not too long ago, Asians were 2% or less at most of these colleges. There's that 😉 
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How long ago? Like two hundred years ago?[/quote]

You must got F on US history lol[/quote]
So what’s the answer?[/quote]

For Yale,

In 1969: The Asian American Students Alliance (AASA) was founded. At the time, there were fewer than 60 Asian American students at Yale College out of a total undergraduate population of about 4,600.

That's 1.3%

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So? I guess you’re trying to imply that Asians are over represented at top colleges today. 
In 1969, Asian enrollment at Yale was low not because of merit but because U.S. immigration laws had only just changed and explicit racial discrimination was still widely practiced. Fast forward to today: Asian Americans are about 6–7% of the population but 20–30% at top schools, reflecting high application rates and strong academics. That’s not “overrepresentation” — it’s merit. And while racial bias hasn’t disappeared today, the comparison to 1969 misses the real context.[/quote]

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