“The goal of these suits — to end the consideration of race in college admissions — is extreme"
Will these suits also end the consideration of race in water fountain, waiting rooms, and restaurant admissions?
Posted on 02/07/2022 7:45:59 AM PST by george76
Supporters of affirmative action at Harvard University have begun a public pressure campaign supporting the race-based admissions system in the wake of a recent Supreme Court announcement that it will hear a challenge to the practice.
Harvard’s Black Men’s Forum has released a statement calling the case a “threat” to diversity at the Ivy League institution.
“This lawsuit threatens to undermine efforts at Harvard and universities across the country to diversify their student populations and increase access to institutions of higher learning,” the group stated Jan. 25.
The Harvard Gazette, which is mailed to alumni — including four current Supreme Court justices — published a piece Jan. 27 — three days after the high court announced it would take the case — claiming the student body supports affirmative action.
It quoted only nine students and was not based on an actual survey, Powerline reported.
“No dissenting view is offered, though it’s certain that the view of the nine is far from unanimous. It’s also certain that many students rejected by Harvard because of their race aren’t gushing about the wonders of its discriminatory policy,” the blog reported.
Harvard University President Larry Bacow released a statement in support of the school’s admissions process, too.
“Colleges and universities could lose the freedom and flexibility to create diverse campus communities that enrich education for all. Our admissions process, in which race is considered as one factor among many, makes us stronger,” Bacow’s Jan. 25 statement reads.
The ACLU was also quick to jump in.
“The goal of these suits — to end the consideration of race in college admissions — is extreme, ignores the history of race discrimination, and threatens diversity and inclusion on campuses,” the group stated.
The lawsuits, filed by Students for Fair Admissions, contend white and Asian-Americans students are unlawfully discriminated against as the universities use so-called holistic admissions approaches that favor Black, Hispanic and Native American applicants even though white and Asian-American students have much higher academic achievements.
The public lobbying comes as some observers suggest the practice of affirmative action could very likely be overturned by the Supreme Court. The case is expected to be heard during the court’s next term, which begins in October.
The court will consider challenges to the practice stemming at Harvard as well as the University of North Carolina.
Harvard student Amy Nichols said she believes that diversity of thought should prevail over diversity of skin color.
“I, personally, believe that a diversity of perspective, opinion, and culture is more important than diversity of skin color,” Nichols told The College Fix.
She said she was adopted from China and believes that holding groups of students to a higher standard over others is “wrong and racist.”
Kenny Xu, author of “An Inconvenient Minority,” which exposes racial discrimination against Asian Americans at elite colleges like Harvard, said that “Asian Americans are much more than a ‘diversity’ box to be checked — they come with a variety of different perspectives and personalities to share with the world.”
Edward Blum, president of Students for Fair Admissions, in a news release regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to review the case, said that both “the Pew Research Center and Gallup have released surveys which indicate that nearly 75% of Americans of all races do not believe race or ethnicity should be a factor in college admissions.”
The College Fix reached out to Harvard University, Students for Fair Admissions, and the Harvard Black Men’s Forum for comment, but did not receive a response.
Proving that their quality is no better than anywhere else. That ship sailed decades ago. We can easily judge by their product quality. “By their fruits ye shall know them”.
Harvard sells government positions to carefully chosen people. And they are not chosen by intelligence.
There should not be any consideration of race in admissions policy. Period. Racial discrimination is just as heinous against whites and asians now as it was against blacks in the past.
Some companies still keep the incompetent stamp for some applications.
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A bunch of f…ing racist badturds
IF anything they should go by economics more than race.
“The goal of these suits — to end the consideration of race in college admissions — is extreme"
Will these suits also end the consideration of race in water fountain, waiting rooms, and restaurant admissions?
Affirmative action = pandering to Blacks = Barack Obama
The minority minority has succeeded absent AA AA
Being colored is far better than being Black
A is A.
Racism is racism.
Even a billion words of propaganda cannot change those simple facts.
They should spend their money and time going after inner-city school districts that don’t teach their students.
They should keep it alive only in the political “science” department so everyone can continue to see how ridiculous the policy always was. Within 5 years, Harvard political commentators will be ignored as useless.
Exactly! You'll never end discrimination by discriminating.
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