In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision in the Harvard/UNC case banning race-based college admissions, MIT is out this week with the data that tacitly confesses that they had lowered standards for minority applicants. Black and hispanic freshman enrollments went down sharply. Here’s what the chart looks like:
Here’s how The Hill describes the scene:
MIT: Newest students less diverse due to Supreme Court affirmative action decision
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) said Wednesday that its incoming freshman class will be less diverse, pinning the shift on the Supreme Court affirmative action ruling last summer.
Stu Schmill, dean of admissions at MIT, told MIT News that Black, Hispanic, and/or Native American and Pacific Islander students make up only 16 percent of the class of 2028.
But notice that the number of white students went down by 1 percent from last year. If you thought “diversity” meant in practice fewer whites, guess again: it means fewer whites and fewer Asians. “Diversity” only includes some non-white people. Asians aren’t “diverse” enough. I guess the identitarian left means it when they attack Asians as being “white adjacent.”
Note: Sharp-eyed readers will point out that the percentages add up to more than 100 in both columns. This is not an error or typo—it turns out students can check more than one race on their application forms. Which makes the whole racket all the more corrupt. The reported numbers are like Biden Administration jobs reports—not necessarily accurate, and subject to revision.
