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Checked by PolitiFact7 Mar 2022United States Education

Jamaal Bowman, U.S. House of Representatives, D-N.Y.

“More white legacy students get admitted to top universities than Black & Latinx students admitted through affirmative action.”

PolitiFact rated this: Half True

PolitiFact says: There is evidence that legacy students do get a significant benefit in the elite college admissions process. But the data is not comprehensive and is often murky.