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Isn't it statistically likely that the average black applicant's grant application was actually just worse?

We know blind tryouts for orchestras result in fewer black and disadvantaged students getting accepted for a similar reason. They have, on average fewer resources and less support. So they simply, on average, perform worse than their white and affluent counterparts.

The reviewers needn't be racist to see these results.



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