"A new poll shows that more than 1 in 3 white college applicants has falsely claimed to be a racial minority on their application. An online survey commissioned by Intelligencer.com found that 81 percent of the people who lied did so because they believed it would increase their chances of admission.
"Additionally, fifty percent said they lied because they thought claiming to be part of a minority group could give them access to more financial aid.
"White men were three times as likely as white women to say that they lied about their race (48 percent to 16 percent). Of all those who lied, 48 percent claimed to be Native American. However, men were more likely to claim they are Native American, while women were more likely to claim they are Black.
"Leading Critical Race Theorist and Boston University professor Dr. Ibram X. Kendi tweeted about the study on Oct. 29. His now-deleted tweet, as reported by The Blaze, said, "More than a third of White students lied about their race on college applications, and about half of these applicants lied about being Native American. More than three-fourths of these students who lied about their race were accepted." On Nov 1, Kendi posted a thread on why he tweeted the study, noting, "I posted these figures to show how many people may still hold this false belief that White people are disadvantaged." . . .
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