Posted on 06/29/2023 3:53:35 PM PDT by MNDude
Harvard University hinted that it will turn to application essays to preserve its system of racial preferences in admissions, after the Supreme Court struck down the school’s race-based system as unconstitutional.
While the Court rejected affirmative action, Harvard president Lawrence S. Bacow noted that it also "ruled that colleges and universities may consider in admissions decisions ‘an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise.’"
"We will certainly comply with the Court’s decision," Bacow and other Harvard administrators wrote in a Thursday statement.
Harvard president-elect Claudine Gay released a video statement saying that the school was still "working to understand this decision and its implications for our policies."
"While we don’t have all the answers about what’s next, we do know that we will move forward together," she said.
The essays could provide a loophole for advocates of race-based admissions, some of whom have vowed to fight the ruling. In a speech on Thursday, President Joe Biden said "we can’t let this decision be the last word" on affirmative action, and said he would direct the Department of Education to come up with alternatives to ensure racial diversity on college campuses.
But the move could also violate the Court’s ruling, which held that college admissions essays could not be used directly as a tool to continue race-based admissions.
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Due to affirmative action,
I assume every woman and person of color
are idiots to avoid.
As a white guy I struggled to get my education.
I assume they were handed their’s.
IF a personal essay is nothing but whining abut “how poor I am & how tough I had it growing up”-—it is still primarily BLACK whining.
Employers hint that going forward Harvard degrees will immediately disqualify applicants from further consideration.
I bet ChatGPT can turn out quite an essay for those so inclined
Sue them for 60 billion dollars.
What racist language?
Hey clown, take a chill pill.
“The left never complies with court rulings....”
Or anything else. The only adhere to their wins and scream like drowning rodents when they lose. They had the very similar Bakke Decision in 1978 they never paid attention to.
This is good material for the class action lawsuit which will be filed after about 3 or 4 years of dicking around with trying to thwart the SCOTUS ruling. Now, the stage is set for a reverse discrimination suit against a multi billion dollar deep pocket. Get some popcorn.
It's amazing. I was reading an article today in one of their magazines. They found a bunch of 'experts' to say that outlawing those sex books in elementary school libraries was causing great harm to the children. I think they really believe this nonsense.
Lol. Television commercials. The gold standard.
That’s exactly how it works. I got 9 degrees for Tues rolling.
Anything but scholastic merit, which is the ONLY thing they should be using.
Their goal is to beat down whitey, and they’ll use every tool they can to achieve that goal.
A hundred years from now when we’re all long dead blacks will still be “fighting” for their civil rights. The “struggle” will never end for them until they break away for good from the Democrat Party that wants to keep them downtrodden and feeling like victims forever.
My story? Okay. It was never easy for me. I was born a poor black child. I remember the days, sittin' on the porch with my family, singin' and dancin' down in Mississippi...
-PJ
Use what the hell ever you want Harvard.
Whether it’s overt or covert, if you discriminate based upon race, you will be sued and you will pay money. There is a cause of action now that formerly did not exist. that is the reality of the situation and lawyers, the greedy bass turds, love reality when it leads to moola.
I wanted to ax how they’d do that?
That’s OK.
As long as there is no AFRICAN AMERICAN box checked.
See, Stupid Harvard, THAT’S THE POINT.
The special treatment will be because the person has a personal story to tell...NOT THE COLOR OF HIS/HER SKIN.
SHEESH!
The Left has a racist loophole big enough to drive a truck through. The Supreme Court undermined their entire ruling with the “essay loophole.”
Heh, one will have to have in excess of 100 misspellings, 44 grammar howlers, and use in excess of 10 worthless pronouns in order to be considered for entry. You know, we can lower the standards to whatever level needed to make sure we can discriminate in the desired manner.
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