Critics of Affirmative Action Say This Year’s Admissions Data Are Fishy. They’re Not. - Commentary

Sonja B. Starr, a law professor at the University of Chicago who studies discrimination and racial disparity, writes: 

As universities have released demographic information about their new freshman classes — the first cohort affected by last year’s Supreme Court decision banning affirmative action — advocates for colorblindness are crying foul. Though some schools have reported substantial demographic changes — including reduced Black and Hispanic representation and increased Asian American representation — not all schools have seen much change in these directions, if any. Yale, Princeton and Duke, for example, reported declines in Asian American enrollment; all three also reportedly kept Black and Hispanic enrollment near the same levels as the prior admissions cycle.