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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]This is not the right time for a lawsuit like this given the rising anti immigrant sentiment. This lawsuit will be thrown out as it should.[/b] [/quote]

Yes, but not for that reason.
Because on constitutional grounds Harvard is not the government.
Because [b]Asians are not disparately impacted by the selection process,[/b] and
the use of race as a factor in college admissions decisions is perfectly legal.
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[b]They are[/b].[/quote]

no, they're proportionally represented.  No claim there. 
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It's not a question of proportional representation, for dear Lord's sake. This is college. Why would they go through an admissions rigmarole to just admit with proportional representation?
No, Asians had demonstrably higher achievements in all areas, including those usually considered soft skills, and were admitted at a lower rate than their achievements would have warranted.

That is discrimination, and it should stop.

Again, if certain people are better at certain things, why would you want to push them out just because you don't want their ethnicity in the house? These are the people who will figure out your colon cancer treatment, who will create new frameworks for macro-economics, who will become lawyers then politicians -you might just want to admit the best and brightest without pausing to consider whether they are originally from the east or west, south or north.

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