If you hadn’t heard, a group of Asian-American students has sued Harvard University, alleging that the school’s admissions process discriminates against Asian-Americans through a vague “personal rating” factor, and on Thursday, the Justice Department backed the suit, filing a brief saying that “Harvard has failed to carry its demanding burden to show that its use of race does not inflict unlawful racial discrimination on Asian Americans.”
Lawsuit alleging bias against Asian-Americans in Harvard admissions wins Justice Department backing https://t.co/64nwyvNaUy
— Bloomberg (@business) August 30, 2018
AG @jeffsessions said in a statement regarding a lawsuit accusing Harvard University of discrimination: https://t.co/HRBtd2SuK4 #racism #discrimination #Harvard #racist pic.twitter.com/crCJNI50aF
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) August 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/robbysoave/status/1035213308222156800
Of course the NAACP Legal Defense Fund took the Justice Department’s action as a blow against affirmative action:
BREAKING: LDF filed on behalf @Harvard student and alumni groups a second amicus brief condemning a divisive lawsuit that seeks to eliminate the consideration of race in Harvard’s admissions and threatens diversity. Read our statement: https://t.co/Ahj3h5BXBq pic.twitter.com/Z9fHRNeiTo
— Legal Defense Fund (@NAACP_LDF) August 30, 2018
WATCH: The Supreme Court got it right in the #Fisher case: inclusive admissions policies ensure equal opportunity for all students. @MsTurnageYoung joins @JanCBS on @CBSEveningNews to discuss how the @Harvard lawsuit threatens diversity. pic.twitter.com/zijirURiU7
— Legal Defense Fund (@NAACP_LDF) August 30, 2018
Not surprisingly, Vox made the case that opponents of affirmative action are “using” Asian-American students to tear it down.
Asian Americans are being used as political props to make a case against affirmative action.
It's a harmful strategy that plays into the narrative of natural racial hierarchies. https://t.co/3dHeEkTtON pic.twitter.com/aRJCPeAyen
— Vox (@voxdotcom) August 30, 2018
Woke Asian-American Alvin Chang writes:
This story, of racial bonuses and penalties due to affirmative action, has created an internal tension for Asian Americans: Many of us know race-conscious policies are necessary to remedy systemic racism. But we are also told that Asian Americans are penalized for those same policies.
It’s a tension white affirmative action opponents have exploited, time and again, to make their argument against race-conscious policies and to seek a broader coalition for their movement.
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This latter frame — of people being hurt based on their race — is exactly how affirmative action opponents want to tell this story. And they’ve been wildly successful.
We knew it — it’s those white people and their twisted merit-based philosophy again.
Vox complaining about narratives of racial hierarchies is pretty frickin rich.
— You Should Have Voted Gary (@colorblindk1d) August 30, 2018
Racial segregation, the Vox way! https://t.co/zT9VCbRaqc
— M.Ramirez ?? (@cybr_gk) August 30, 2018
Only liberals are arguing for segregation of people based on racial category. https://t.co/4gXkjQsQa6
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) August 30, 2018
Soooooo it's ok to discriminate against Asian Americans in higher education and the workplace? https://t.co/FZqvqlZvmp
— Regs (@r3gulations) August 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/UnrealElijah/status/1035293801458352128
It absolutely works this way at the University of Maryland. These Asian students are not props. They are subject to discrimination and have been for years. If you are of any Asian heritage, including India, your space may be given to a less qualified affirmative action student. pic.twitter.com/vqmUg9Yl4n
— Haviland COREEN (@lbfirstlady) August 30, 2018
They're not being used, they're being defended because affirmative action is keeping them out of spots they earned.
— Dunkingbunnies (@dunkingbunnies) August 30, 2018
Leftist institutions can, ya know, try not discriminating against Asians for a change
— MuhPoem (@MuhPoem) August 30, 2018
Affirmative action is a cop-out. Instead of improving elementary and high school education in poor areas, minority students are given reduced requirements in colleges, resulting in ongoing suspicion of their qualifications.
— Mike Smith (@Mike_Smith_12) August 30, 2018
Whoa, buddy, don’t bring teachers’ unions and — gasp — school vouchers into this … it’s ugly enough already.
Related:
MTV busts the myth of the hard-working Asian-American, who benefits from less racism https://t.co/i2MQpTMKWY
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 21, 2018
REVERSE DISCRIMINATION? Bill de Blasio takes aim at Asian-Americans in push to diversify NYC's elite high schools https://t.co/bv9a6ZVhHm
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 3, 2018