How to hide racial discrimination in university admissions

Disguise it as a preference for legacy students and athletes.

“Legacy students” is, of course, code for whites.

“Athletes” is often code for blacks.

Asians get it in the neck either way, with predictable results:

According to the data, not all races are considered equal in the college admissions game. Of students applying to private colleges in 1997, African-American applicants with SAT scores of 1150 had the same chances of being accepted as white applicants with 1460s and Asian applicants with perfect 1600s.

Of course, there are other explanations than racial discrimination, It could be money. Quoting the delightful Derb from We Are Doomed:

… Our higher education system is awash in money, and colleges are building like crazy.

When I asked a knowledgeable friend what is going on, he explained thus: “Billy Bachelor graduates, does Wall Street grunt work for a few years, then starts a hedge fund. After a while he’s Billy Billionaire. What’s he gonna do with all that boodle? Have a building put up at his alma mater, that’s what — a building with his name on it. That’s what they all want, buildings with their names on them. Plus, his regressed-to-the-mean dimwit kids get legacy admissions.“

(Boldface added.) This may explain the athletic preference as well, except that I don’t think athletics are big money makers in the Ivy League. You may correct me if I’m wrong about that — reliable data always welcome. I promise not to choke the living sin out of you.