at harvard a black plicatae cream of the crop had a 56% chance while whites and asians with the same qualifications had a 15%. a black applicant had a higher chance to get in than a top asian or white student t supreme court ruled 6-3 that s unconstitutional racial discrimination probed by the equal protection clause t14th amendment. chief justice john roberts who authored the majority says this, quote. eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it. the guarantee of equal protection cannot mean one thing when applied to one individual and something else when applied to a person of another color. roberts is saying, basically, you can t unfairly discriminate against whites in order to help blacks. all discrimination s wrong. harvard university made race a factor in every single step of of the application process, from the second they accepted the application to the second they accepted or rejected it, race was used in their decisions. the court says harvard s ad
at harvard a black plicatae cream of the crop had a 56% chance while whites and asians with the same qualifications had a 15%. a black applicant had a higher chance to get in than a top asian or white student t supreme court ruled 6-3 that s unconstitutional racial discrimination probed by the equal protection clause t14th amendment. chief justice john roberts who authored the majority says this, quote. eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it. the guarantee of equal protection cannot mean one thing when applied to one individual and something else when applied to a person of another color. roberts is saying, basically, you can t unfairly discriminate against whites in order to help blacks. all discrimination s wrong. harvard university made race a factor in every single step of of the application process, from