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.@jaycaspiankang is one of those writers that I immediately drop what I’m doing (which, ok, chores) to read. Especially on this topic. Great, through provoking piece: nytimes.com/2019/08/28/mag…
Also Jay does not flinch at confronting his own bias and relative privilege, in a piece that is about both 
If you want to know about Blum, the white lawyer who is bringing these cases, @MotherJones has a rich archive. Start with this @smencimer piece motherjones.com/politics/2016/…
Also if Harvard wants to make its campus diverse and fair, start by getting rid of legacy (and donor aka Kushner) admissions. Here’s an old thread where I get into the atrocious history and effects of those:
Jay lays out just how perverse the other forms of affirmative action are in admissions. Harvard, whose endowment is enormous, could afford to give up on legacy/donor admissions
