Court says Harvard Asian students not discriminated against.

[swing_voter]

A federal appeals court in Boston has ruled Harvard doesn't intentionally discriminate against Asian American applicants in its admissions process.

The panel of judges upheld a federal district court's decision from last year, teeing up a possible case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Circuit Judge Sandra Lynch, who wrote Thursday's decision, agreed with the lower court that "the statistical evidence did not show that Harvard intentionally discriminated against Asian Americans."

Students for Fair Admissions, an advocacy group, first filed its lawsuit in 2014, saying that Harvard's race-based considerations for applicants discriminated against Asian American students in process.

Appeals Court Rules Harvard Doesn't Discriminate Against Asian American Applicants

The panel of judges upheld a federal district court's decision from last year, teeing up a possible case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

www.npr.org

This case was mostly about whites complaining about blacks benefiting from affirmative action. They argued that when Harvard refused to admit Asians who were more qualified than whites, Harvard was discriminating.

But the white people who brought this case were hoping it would put an end to all affirmative action.

Looks like they lost.

It might wind up in trump's Supreme Court though.

Do you think Harvard discriminated against more qualified Asian students by not admitting them and instead admitting less qualified whites?

 

[Moi621]

@swing_voter

Any Affirmative Action program
is going to sacrifice some who
would have made it on a color blind
playing field.

Hope the Supreme Court, gets it.


Moi

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[ludin]

A federal appeals court in Boston has ruled Harvard doesn't intentionally discriminate against Asian American applicants in its admissions process.

The panel of judges upheld a federal district court's decision from last year, teeing up a possible case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Circuit Judge Sandra Lynch, who wrote Thursday's decision, agreed with the lower court that "the statistical evidence did not show that Harvard intentionally discriminated against Asian Americans."

Students for Fair Admissions, an advocacy group, first filed its lawsuit in 2014, saying that Harvard's race-based considerations for applicants discriminated against Asian American students in process.

Appeals Court Rules Harvard Doesn't Discriminate Against Asian American Applicants

The panel of judges upheld a federal district court's decision from last year, teeing up a possible case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

www.npr.org

This case was mostly about whites complaining about blacks benefiting from affirmative action. They argued that when Harvard refused to admit Asians who were more qualified than whites, Harvard was discriminating.

But the white people who brought this case were hoping it would put an end to all affirmative action.

Looks like they lost.

It might wind up in trump's Supreme Court though.

Do you think Harvard discriminated against more qualified Asian students by not admitting them and instead admitting less qualified whites?

Actually it was the asian students that filed the complaint.

The reason they filed the complaint is that they must score 2x higher than other students to get into harvard.
they get negative points on their entrance exams because of their race compared to other races.
how is that not discrimination when you treat people differently because of their race?

 

[natman]

how is that not discrimination when you treat people differently because of their race?

It is discrimination.

Actually it was the asian students that filed the complaint.

The reason they filed the complaint is that they must score 2x higher than other students to get into harvard.
they get negative points on their entrance exams because of their race compared to other races.

This would definitely be discrimination, if you have any proof.

 

[ludin]

It is discrimination.


This would definitely be discrimination, if you have any proof.

they already presented the proof in court.
as always the courts that are supposed to be anti-discriminatory say it is ok to discriminate in the name of diversity.

 

[calamity]

A federal appeals court in Boston has ruled Harvard doesn't intentionally discriminate against Asian American applicants in its admissions process.

The panel of judges upheld a federal district court's decision from last year, teeing up a possible case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Circuit Judge Sandra Lynch, who wrote Thursday's decision, agreed with the lower court that "the statistical evidence did not show that Harvard intentionally discriminated against Asian Americans."

Students for Fair Admissions, an advocacy group, first filed its lawsuit in 2014, saying that Harvard's race-based considerations for applicants discriminated against Asian American students in process.

Appeals Court Rules Harvard Doesn't Discriminate Against Asian American Applicants

The panel of judges upheld a federal district court's decision from last year, teeing up a possible case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

www.npr.org

This case was mostly about whites complaining about blacks benefiting from affirmative action. They argued that when Harvard refused to admit Asians who were more qualified than whites, Harvard was discriminating.

But the white people who brought this case were hoping it would put an end to all affirmative action.

Looks like they lost.

It might wind up in trump's Supreme Court though.

Do you think Harvard discriminated against more qualified Asian students by not admitting them and instead admitting less qualified whites?

Whites just hate affirmative action unless it works in their favor, like pretty much every other law does in the US.

 

[natman]

Whites just hate affirmative action unless it works in their favor, like pretty much every other law does in the US.

How exactly does not discriminating based on race work in the favor of white people?

If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today.
Thomas Sowell

 

[GummyVitamins]

Whites just hate affirmative action unless it works in their favor, like pretty much every other law does in the US.

I don't think you understand what affirmative action is, but I appreciate that your expression of discontent towards white people continues. Seems to be a theme.

 

[Aurora]

A federal appeals court in Boston has ruled Harvard doesn't intentionally discriminate against Asian American applicants in its admissions process.

The panel of judges upheld a federal district court's decision from last year, teeing up a possible case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Circuit Judge Sandra Lynch, who wrote Thursday's decision, agreed with the lower court that "the statistical evidence did not show that Harvard intentionally discriminated against Asian Americans."

Students for Fair Admissions, an advocacy group, first filed its lawsuit in 2014, saying that Harvard's race-based considerations for applicants discriminated against Asian American students in process.

Appeals Court Rules Harvard Doesn't Discriminate Against Asian American Applicants

The panel of judges upheld a federal district court's decision from last year, teeing up a possible case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

www.npr.org

This case was mostly about whites complaining about blacks benefiting from affirmative action. They argued that when Harvard refused to admit Asians who were more qualified than whites, Harvard was discriminating.

But the white people who brought this case were hoping it would put an end to all affirmative action.

Looks like they lost.

It might wind up in trump's Supreme Court though.

Do you think Harvard discriminated against more qualified Asian students by not admitting them and instead admitting less qualified whites?

Yes. race discrimination is the new norm.