<p>Well, technically he could argue that urms are on the whole discriminated against in college admissions. </p>
<p>I could exclude most of an ethnic group without explicitly barring attendance. Like if Harvard added a requirement that students be fluent in Chinese, or if they added a requirement that half their students must be water polo players (not many available swimming pools in poor inner city). </p>
<p>Now, I believe that the entire K-12 education system is discriminatory against urms; I don’t think it’s the colleges fault. But his argument is perfectly plausible and fabrizio and token’s assessment, while correct in strict dictionary definition terms, is incorrect in the big picture.</p>