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Last year, the Supreme Court ruled, in SFFA v Harvard, that race-based affirmative action in university admissions violated the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause. Data for the post-affirmative-action collegiate world is starting to roll in.

MIT reported that its minority enrollment decreased from 26% to 16%. Black enrollment dropped from 15% to 5%, and Latino enrollment dropped from 16% to 11%.

Buuuuuuut... white enrollment dropped from 38% to 37%.

So, what gives?

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