Survey Reveals White Students Are Lying About Their Race To Get Into College, Receive Financial Aid
Nearly half of college students are falsely claiming they are Native American on their college applications to reap the benefits of discriminatory affirmative action, according to a recently published survey.
Data published by Intelligent on Tuesday shows white students are most inclined to embellish their race during the application process to improve their chances of being accepted or obtaining financial aid.
Forty-eight percent of the 1,250 white applicants who participated in the survey admitted that they identified themselves as Native American during the application process, while “13 percent of respondents claimed to be Latino, 10 percent claimed to be Black, and 9 percent claimed to be Asian or Pacific Islander.”
Males were more three times more inclined than females to fake minority status than women on a college application,
