‘The merit-based principle should not be compromised to satisfy a political agenda’
Civil rights organizations for racial minorities cheered the Justice Department’s finding that Yale University discriminates against Asian Americans and white applicants in admission.
The federal government also ordered Yale not to use race or national origin in this academic year’s admissions, and to get advance permission from the department before considering those immutable traits in future admissions cycles.
The finding is not only “a crucial step in the government stepping in to solve the systematic anti-Asian discrimination issue, but will also pinpoint a right direction for our schools and universities,” Wenyuan Wu, director of administration for the Asian American Coalition for Education, told The College Fix in a text message.
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