White private school boys are the new disadvantaged, says Cambridge academic

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White, private school boys are 'the new disadvantaged', Cambridge academic claims

A University of Cambridge professor has left people stunned by remarking that white, privately educated boys are the new disadvantaged group.

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Reactions as Cambridge academic claims white, privately educated boys are new disadvantaged

"I’ve never heard someone say so many wrong things, one after another, consecutively, in a row," wrote one disheartened reader.

White private school boys are the new disadvantaged, says Cambridge academic

Professor David Abulafia, a University of Cambridge academic, said white boys from outstanding private schools were going to Durham, St Andrews and Bristol if rejected from their first-choice Oxbridge colleges, rather than being given places in the pooled system where they could be picked up by other colleges.