1. In an interview with the New York Times, Trump claimed that, as a result of the civil rights movement, white men have been "very badly treated" and subjected to "reverse discrimination."
Trump says that white men have been excluded from colleges and jobs.
Here is the TRUTH.
2. In 2024, the data shows, white people represented 40.7% of the applicants but 53% of the enrolled students.
In contrast, Black applicants accounted for 8.7% of the applicant pool but just 5.8% of enrolled students.
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3. Most college applicants are female, so many institutions admit a higher percentage of men to ensure their student population is more evenly divided by gender.
For example, in 2023, Brown University’s acceptance rate was 6.9% for male applicants and 4.2% for female applicants.
4. White men have an even larger leg up at selective institutions that practice “legacy“ admissions — giving preference to the children of graduates. Between 2014 and 2019 at Harvard, “the acceptance rate for legacy applicants was 33.6%, dwarfing the school’s overall acceptance rate of just six%.”
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6. It is easier to get a job in America if the employer thinks you are white.
A recent study found that “employers contacted ...presumed white applicants 9.5 percent more often than ...presumed Black applicants.”
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7. At every education level, white unemployment is significantly lower than Black unemployment. According to 2022 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “the Black rate is twice, or close to two times, the White rate in all cases except for individuals with advanced degrees.”
8. White men continue to dominate the top of the employment food chain. In companies in the S&P 100, white men constitute about one-third of the workforce. However, they hold 46% of executive positions and 37% of management positions.
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