Not all, of course, but a study of Ivy League colleges and universities shows that around 15 percent of the white kids in attendance did not meet the academic entrance requirements. Instead they were admitted because their parents made large contributions to the school or had a lot of pull with the alumni association. Is this a form of affirmative action for dumb rich white kids?
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What about lower and middle class white kids?
Speedmaster: If their parents aren’t rich enough to give the school a fat endowment in exchange for bending the academic rules then the student has to meet the normal academic entrance requirements.