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by deogeo 2102 days ago
And yet Black students are better represented than non-Jewish White students. Princeton vs US demographics (in %), from most to least represented:

          Princeton  US    ratio
  Asian   20.9       5.3    3.94
  Jewish   8.0       2.15   3.72
  Black    7.7      12.7    0.61
  White   34.7      59.3    0.58
  Latino   9.5      17.6    0.54
Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_Sta...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jews (using average of 2.15%)

https://hillel.org/college-guide/list/record/princeton-unive...

https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/princeton-university...

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And yet Black students are better represented than non-Jewish White students.

Google "Princeton Basketball Team" or "Princeton Football Team" and you will see that Blacks are over-represented on these teams (27% to 30%). I suspect many other sports are similar. You can see how colleges boost the number of Black students in areas where it serves the interests of the school.

https://goprincetontigers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster https://goprincetontigers.com/sports/football/roster/2019

Would you be in favor of restricting access of black students to ensure others are represented more fairly?

I hope not.