“More white legacy students get admitted to top universities than Black & Latinx students admitted through affirmative action.”
Jamaal Bowman
U.S. House of Representatives, D-N.Y.. a tweet. Claim dated 26 Jan 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
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.
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In short
Jamaal Bowman (U.S. House of Representatives, D-N.Y.) made this claim around 26 January 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 March 2022, 40 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
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