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34% of white Americans who applied to colleges or universities admit to lying about being a racial minority on their application 48% of people who lied claimed
by houstonn 4y ago
34% of white Americans who applied to colleges or universities admit to lying about being a racial minority on their application
48% of people who lied claimed to be Native American
3/4 of people who faked being a racial minority on their applications were accepted by the colleges to which they lied
https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/577722-more-than-a-third-of-white-students-lie-about-their/ https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/57...
- notpushkin 4y agoHow does this work? Surely you can't be white, say you're black and not get caught. Is that data perhaps anonymized?
- jimbob45 4y agoHow would they catch you? It's very possible to be of African descent and have white skin. Are they going to DNA test you?
- frontman1988 4y agoDoes it also work if you say you identify as a female even though you are a male biologically?
- kube-system 4y agoGender identity is frequently visible. I don't think many people are going to fraudulently represent their gender identity for a misguided chance at a job.
- notpushkin 4y agoWell, I can imagine that people who aren't “proper” trans but are comfortable with, say, crossdressing start doing it in order to get benefits. Can't say I'm against that (more femboys IRL :^) and also this is on the queer-ish side so they probably still should get some preference if hiring process does take gender identity into account already.
- missedthecue 4y agoTrue but I can't imagine a company calling someone on it. Too explosive of a topic.
- HideousKojima 4y agoIf it doesn't yet then give it 5 years tops.