The move brilliantly highlights how wealthy white people have historically gotten a leg up in college admissions.
, and having legacy makes a student about six times more likely to be admitted. They submitted the complaint to the Department of Education.
“A spot given to a legacy or donor-related applicant is a spot that becomes unavailable to an applicant who meets the admissions criteria based purely on his or her own merit,” according to the complaint. Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal, the executive director of Lawyers for Civil Rights,in a statement.
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