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J. D. Vance: “Three years ago, not only were they allowed to, but they…”

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I think in the American system, we're making progress in that direction. We've said to the university system in the United States that you're no longer allowed to discriminate based on race. This Sounds crazy, but Three years ago, not only were they allowed to, but they were actively encouraged to discriminate against white students, against students of certain faiths. They were told against Asian students. They were actually told that you had to have a higher score if your skin color was a certain tone and a lower score if your skin color was a different tone. (28:13–28:22)

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Asserts that three years ago, U.S. universities were encouraged to discriminate against white students and students of certain faiths.

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