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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
Not sure I am following your last sentence. Are you saying legacy admissions was a response to affirmative action?
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I was trying to say that private schools like Harvard used race-based affirmative action mainly as a way to show its commitment to "diversity" while allowing it to hide how its legacy admissions are much less diverse in terms of race and socio-economics.
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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Private institutions on the other hand can operate as they like, because they are private institutions and free from government interference. Legacy acceptance is also associated with fund raising and maintenance of the school's endowment, which is why private schools still rely on the practice and will continue to reply on the practice. Giving preference to a legacy is how they keep the money flowing.
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Yes, the private schools legally have a lot of leeway there and it's not surprising that the SC case focused on race. It'll probably be up to the court of public opinion to force change to Harvard, etc on their legacy policies (or not) and not a legal challenge.