And if diversity — whatever that means — is the goal of affirmative action, how many Asians does a school really want on campus? and Duke, Alex had received some good news. v. Harvard, but the scandal recast the affirmative-action debate in a bit of a humiliating yet ultimately necessary context: It felt as if a bunch of minorities were clawing at one another while a line of entitled, less qualified white kids walked through the gates of Ivy League schools as their alumni parents unpacked an S.U.V. “It’s so important for the administration to hear from all constituencies, not just students, not just alumni, not just faculty.”.

At dinner at the Japanese steakhouse, Thang seemed to understand all this.

Yet they make up about 16 percent of students in the New York City public-school system, and by every measure, they suffer the highest poverty rates of any ethnic or racial group in the five boroughs.

“So, Binghamton and Rochester are the safeties, which is great, because I’d be totally thrilled to go to both. A sweeping elimination of affirmative action still requires the cooperation of the Supreme Court, which was responsible for another odd dynamic in the trial.

Information about your device and internet connection, including your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Verizon Media websites and apps. Or perhaps, to be more precise, when you write an essay to present who you are to the most prestigious college in the country, you should reduce your life to a moment of trauma. The frameworks and skills that I gained through my education in Ethnic Studies are crucial to my day-to-day work, from face-to-face job placement services with our immigrant community members to advancing local and state advocacy for equitable economic and workforce development. Edward Blum, Delmar Fears and Yukong Zhao may not agree on much of anything, but they all have made versions of an argument that the spirit of affirmative action has been replaced by a largely cosmetic, overly simplified diversity that allows elite institutions to report gains in black and Latino student populations without having to engage in the harder work of undoing systemic inequality. “Asian Americans, including Chinese Americans like myself, benefit from affirmative action,” Sally Chen, a graduating Asian American Harvard student who participated in the brief, told NBC Asian America. “I understand the thinking behind affirmative action, but I just wish the message wasn’t that Asians are all so privileged and rich and buying their way into colleges,” he said, referring to the perception that Asian parents in effect buy their kids’ test scores through expensive preparation programs and private tutoring. Three: Harvard had not adequately explored race-neutral alternatives required by the legal parameters of affirmative action. S.F.F.A.’s attorneys did not contest the defense of the benefits of diversity, as displayed in court. Recommending a 1 specifically for Contribution because of her demonstrated energy and specific desire to connect socially with everybody. To avoid putting another young person through the same thing and to bring a fresh angle to the fight, Blum and his attorneys decided to represent an anonymous and amorphous group of plaintiffs. Blum lost this challenge in 2016, but he has also done quite a bit of winning: In 2013, he won a landmark decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which gutted the key provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act by effectively ending federal oversight of elections. Roughly 30 percent of the seats in every Harvard class go to athletes, legacies, the children of faculty and applicants on the dean’s interest list, composed in large part of the children of donors. Zhao, who became an American citizen in 2009, began his transition from writer to activist in October 2013, when Jimmy Kimmel put together a round table of young children for his late-night show and asked them what the United States should do about its $1.3 trillion debt to China. They also read past Crimson articles about. His résumé seemed filled with dubious positions: Really, what is the vice president of technology for a National Honor Society chapter? My mother made ends meet by babysitting for the children of professors.

The Asian student receives a 1,370. “What are those?” he asked.

Several students read passages from University and Crimson archives, including letters penned by activists dating back to 1985. As the youngest of 4 in a small apartment, she has lots of experience with being a roommate in close quarters.”.

Sally Chen ‘19, a joint concentrator in History & Literature and Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, lives in Winthrop House.

“Yes, because the value would be there for the price I’ll end up paying. What was rare, Gates said, was the black student whose four grandparents lived through slavery, Reconstruction and Jim Crow.

“Like Brown. Toward the end, I told him he had wrongly said “risen up” rather than “rising up.”, He asked if he should lose the kicker: “God bless America.