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		legitster on Sept 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: California bans legacy admissions at private unive... Civil Rights Act only excludes discrimination against protected statuses. Organization legacies are not one of them.

bjourne on Oct 1, 2024 [–]

Read up on disparate impact. It could very well be argued that legacy admission is effectively ethnic discrimination.

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