I’ve been loosely following the Harvard affirmative action case with interest. The lawsuit, filed by a group of Asians, charges that Harvard discriminates against Asian American applicants in its admissions process for Harvard College. A judge recently ruled that Harvard doesn’t discriminate against Asian American applicants.
That Harvard and other colleges discriminate against Asian Americans is patently obvious given that the bar for their admittance is higher than any other race. On quantitative measures such as GPA and SATs, Asian Americans need to score significantly higher than African American and Latino applicants in order to stand a decent chance of getting in. Moreover, Harvard’s own admissions process leads them to score Asian Americans lowest in terms of “personal” scores, even though there is no evidence that Asian Americans have less courage, likability and kindness (elements that are claimed to be part of the personal score) than any other ethnic group.
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