Does race matter for international applicants?

On MBA schools’ websites disclosing the race/ethnicity breakdown of their class, it always refers to US race/ethnicity, while non-US students are bucketed as “international”. Does this mean international students don’t count for racial diversity and they don’t consider race when evaluating international applicants against one another?

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Even though the official breakdown is “international” it definitely does make a difference. Always harder for Indians and Chinese

 

What about different races from the same country? For example, an Indian vs Black candidate applying from an international pool like UK/Canada

 

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