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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That is why they want this data and exactly what they are looking for and I don't think they will lose because 70 years of case law exists on the topic of disparate impact by race/gender is legally equivalent to intentional discrimination.

The civil rights complaint filed by Lawyers for Civil Rights against Harvard's legacy/donor preferences in admissions is very clearly a disparate impact claim  "Nearly 70% of donor-related applicants are white, and nearly 70% of
legacy applicants are also white. The results of this preferential treatment are substantial."

Now, imagine the same allegation but substitute Test Optional and First Gen for Legacy and Donor and white for black and Hispanic.

Test blind isn't a proxy because it applies to literally all applicants.  Though it is still attackable if there is evidence that the policy was adopted for racially motivated reasons. That is what the Trump administration alleges with regards to the UC's.  [/quote]

You may have a point.

Though it’s unlike legacy case where you have 70% white.  In TO case, it cannot be true that 70% TO admits are URM.  Much fewer.  25%? I would guess.  Combined with the fact that many overlap with fgli, it’s a rather different case.  Difficult to win.[/quote]

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