applicants, and that poll is about 30% white. 40. percent the other applicants the children of alumni s. white applicants make up nearly 7% of that pool. and here is the. thinning the applicants and that heavily white legacy pool are now six times more likely to be admitted to harvard to the nose and the general pool. it was helpful pie charts come from a federal civil rights complaint filed today with the u.s. department of education. the complaint challenges harvard legacy admissions as a civil rights violation. and seeks to force harvard to stop considering applicants relationships to alumni in their admissions process. the groups who have filed the complaints argued that ending legacy and mission is more urgent than ever because race conscious admissions policies may have helped to offset those programs and have now been banned by the supreme court. joining us now is michael camping, s litigation follow act for civil rights in
benefits white and wealthy applicants the most. well, it s not hard to see why legacy admissions would benefit white up against the most. harvard with founded in 16 36, but did not graduate its first black student for over 230 years. and for a full century after that, harvard admitted fewer than 12 black undergrads a year. it actually wasn t until the 1970s, as affirmative action programs began to be implemented in harvard s black population began to rise, which is how you get charts like this. these charts show the racial makeup of applicants to harvard as of 2021. the blue side represent white applicants. on the left, normal applicants with no legacy preferences. that is not 40% white. on the right, applicants who are children of alumni, white applicants make up nearly 70% of that pool. and here s the thing the applicants and that heavily white legacy pool or nearly six times more likely to be admitted to harvard than those and the general pool. those helpful pie charts did