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History and current situation makes the comparison very weak. If 30% of application at Harvard were from black students with perfect GPAs and SAT scores, people wouldn't mind a bit of "racism," or Harvard letting in a few other races with lesser scores.


But race doesn't exist, remember? What does the performance of other members of my made-up group have to do with my performance?


I don't think that's true at all.




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