We filed an amicus brief on behalf of @brandeiscenter and @svcaf2020 in the #Harvard case asking the @USSupremeCourt to take the case. The discrimination against #AsianAmericans in admissions is no different than the discrimination against #Jewish applicants in the 1920s & 1930s.
“What happened to Jewish applicants in the 1920s and 1930s at Harvard is happening all over again to Asian-American applicants today. . . . As with the Jewish students of the past, Asian-American students became too plentiful for Harvard.”
“In the 1920s & 1930s, Harvard’s method of reducing its number of Jews was its 'character and fitness' rationale. [It] maintained that it simply sought students of sufficient character . . . and Jews generally did not meet that standard.”
“Today, Harvard’s method of reducing its number of Asian Americans is the 'student-body diversity' rationale, and Harvard resorts to using a subjective 'personal rating' to ensure that its freshman class is reduced to no more than a certain percentage of Asian Americans.”
“The personal rating – which measures qualities such as 'leadership,' 'self-confidence,' 'likeability,' and 'kindness' – subjects Asian-American applicants to prejudicial assumptions and stereotypes.”
“Different time period. Different ethnic/racial group. Same discrimination. It was wrong then, and it is wrong now." #equalopportunity supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/2…
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