“around 3 percent of students chosen for the distinction at Icahn were from a racial background that is underrepresented in medicine”
Underrepresented is key here.
There are plenty of non-Caucasian minorities I’m sure. They just aren’t “underrepresented, so it doesn’t count.
Did they do DNA testing on all of their students? I'd bet more than $0.05 that it's higher than 3%.
I'm guessing that they used self-identification, which is quite often inaccurate. What box did the student check on the application?
And probably a lot higher under the traditional Democrat "one drop of blood" criteria.