This is a little less than two hours. The subcommittee on workforce the moment will come to order. I know a quorum president without objection, he is recognized. Most importantly, their intellectual potential. Their prescribed baseline of expectation. The race is intellectually superior. It was broken until slavery 200 years ago. Until National Leaders americans are always shocked to hear the black community once let our country and categories of success the commitment to marriage and the entrepreneur before the senate. We have a Thriving Community between 5060 were middleclass. Todays history is purposely silent on the communitys commitment to hard work, tenacity, resilience, intelligence and leadership. Transforming to that of a race oppressed and not to be oppressed city. Our country has accepted that black americans are capable of competing against white americans. The racist attack of low expectations. The two principles essential for the american dream. The discrimination or subtle bigotry. The citys pace of the radical left agenda appeared for example , columbia law review ruling disrupting their practices of selecting senior editors based on race versus mary appeared columbia log review has since resumed without unfairly discriminating and hopefully more law schools will follow the example. As our nation celebrates a Supreme Court ruling we must remain digital diligent. The Supreme Court ruling determined to unconstitutional policies. The administrators have expressed their intent to ignore the substance msa. Of Supreme Court ruling. I promise you, this congressional body will not. Chief Justice John Roberts was very clear when he wrote and i quote the assertions of the contrary universities may not simply establish the application essays or other means that we hold unlawful today. We cannot be done directly or indirectly. It builds with substance, not shadows. Racial discriminations. Let me repeat, and i quote, what cannot be done directly cannot be done indirectly. Those institutions outthink this community will keep a close eye on the application process as it unfolds. Racism hidden or advert will not be tolerated by this body. The process of other racebased institutions. The constitution rights act called line. We should all be grateful the democracy is steadfast dedicated between everyone equally under the law regardless of race, creed, color or zip code. With that, i yield to Ranking Members. Thank you, chairman. Thank you, witnesses for your testimony today. Fostering racially diverse campuses in the Supreme Court ruling in the harvard cases. It was a Supreme Court in 1978 and the decision that established they could pursue Academic Freedom and one of the many factors for the candidates. It is one of many factors and emissions is vital, it is important we put the conversation an important context. 4200 institutions in the United States, less than 100 selective schools consider race as a factor in only 10 consider race an important factor. Never making up for and a half of the freshman class. Following implementations as is classroom diversity. Narrowly tailored race emissions practices actually leveled the Playing Field and counterbalanced factors that otherwise in place, standardized test and legacy emissions. For example, the District Court in the harvard case illustrated how athletes come out legacy applicants, families who have a history of donating the faculty make up a large percentage of each class. What these applicants make up 5 of applicants every year. They constitute 30 of the applicants admitted each year. 70 of these applicants are white. Research also shows that standardized tests have the discriminant oratory impact. And reduce scores that correlate more with students income, zip code socioeconomic background then the students ability to succeed in college. Let me allow the use and emissions without further examining the effect is in fact unacceptable. So would my colleagues say they want a system based on merit, the problem is the Current System is not based solely on merit. The counter basis, the outcome remains discriminatory. The responsibility to eliminate and achieve diverse learning. Issue guidance to ensure schools and colleges will fill their title vi obligations and address examining discriminatory factors they are not counter balance. It is to achieve equal opportunity to the equity and inclusion enforcement act which is restoring the private right of actions for students to bring cases under title vi. We also have pending the University Act when i reintroduce this congress to provide resources to say to School Districts that want to voluntarily develop plans to integrate the schools. If we are serious, we most focus the system on all. Instituting reforms that we have proposed in the loan act making it more affordable for both current and Prospective College students. Ignoring rates will not be racially unequal. The 1860s and 1954 is true today , the quality requires acknowledgment. I yield back the balance of the time. Eight see all members who wish to serve written statements on the record may do so by submitting them to the Committee Clerk electronically in microsoft word format. Without objections a hearing record will remain open for 40 days allow for statements and other material reference to be submitted for the official hearing records. I now turn to introduce our four witnesses. Thank you again for being here. The first witness is miss allison who is a legal fellow at the Pacific Legal foundation located in virginia. Our next witness is mike who is president of the Asian American coalition for education in orlando florida. Our third witnesses mr. David. Jd who is the director of Educational Opportunities projects and daily committee with civil rights and the law in washington, d. C. And our final witness who is a Research Fellow at the richard and helen Divorce Center for life, religion and family at the Heritage Foundation which is located in washington, d. C. Testifying on his own behalf. We thank liz for being here today. We are thankful for the testimony. I would like each to limit the presentation to a five minute summary of your written statement. Beware of the responsibilities to provide information to the subcommittee. Okay. Chair owens, Ranking Member stop scott. Distinguished members of congress. Thank you for the opportunity to present testimony. A nonprofit Legal Organization that defends americans liberties that by government overreach and abuse. I want to make three main points today. The decisions were important because they uphold the vital principle that individual should be treated as individuals and not on the basis of their race. Followup litigation is necessary to realize the promise of these decisions. The Education Departments guidance is a missed opportunity to inform schools of their important obligations in this area. Under the constitution and title vi, government and recipients of government money may not discriminate upon race. There is a limited university to achieve a compelling interest in student body diversity. It largely took the lead of the opinion and use it very broadly. One case against Harvard University and the second against the university of North Carolina. The court held that these universities had not met their burden. Many universities have for far too long done just the opposite. And in doing so, they have concluded wrongly that an individuals identity is not challenge a vested, skill felt Lessons Learned about the color of their skin. Our constitutional history does not have that. Anticipating schools with these proxy discriminations to evade the prohibitions. How students race them for life. Universities not established two essays lawful in the case. What cannot be done indirectly cannot be done directly. From president s and universities and even statements of state governments in their state that they can safely ignore the decision. If these invasions go unchecked students with very emissions guarantee equal treatment will remain hollow. Proxy discrimination at the k12 level. Many attorneys represent the coalition for teaching, a group of parents challenging their proxy discrimination Mission Scheme at topsides schools Thomas Jefferson high school in Fairfax County virginia. In the summer of 2020, Fairfax County restructured its emissions process to an effect lower numbers of Asian American students that could attend teaching. The Text Messages and emails produced in discovery make it clear that it was structured because of, not in spite of the effects of the numbers of Asian American students there. Yes, Fairfax County was a proxy crime, not a direct crime. It is certainly no less harmful to kids so they could not go to their dream high school because of their race. Right now that cases pending before the Supreme Court. My colleagues also if the other cases pending involving property discriminations that i schools in boston, new york city, Montgomery County maryland that all follow the same general pattern. While litigation by nonprofit groups is an important way to enforce the core comments of students for fair emissions, it is not the only way. The department of education has an Important Role to play in making sure that the civil rights laws are followed. Unfortunately, the frequently asked questions document at the office of civil rights issued following the air right decision indicate that they will not do that. It basically ignores a large and looming problems and essentially tells universities that whatever they want to do as long as they are not to open about it. That is not the law and it needs to be held to account to realize the core american promise that individual should be treated as individuals and not on the basis of their race. Thank you. Thank you appeared. And. [inaudible] extreme poverty in 1992 i came to america as a foreign student in this land of opportunity. Becoming the global planning. In appendix a of my testimony high standards. The racial quotas to discriminate against american ethics. Race discrimination and the stress in psychology harm to our children. Many asian african applicants hide their identity when applying to colleges. The Asian Community to support students for its lawsuit against harvard and the unc. The Partner Organizations filing a single complaint. The lawsuit and the amicus brief in support. They grow into over 300 organizations nationwide. The Supreme Court right fully struck them. They say this for Asian Americans as all children should no longer be treated as secondclass citizens. All americans with the mayor trust also in advance america towards the counter plan society as Martin Luther king dreamed of 60 years ago. Equity and inclusion have not given up. They have issued guidance that advocates as a program. This guidance is important. College enrollment is a failure of the k12 education preparing black and hispanic children for colleges. Improving the constitutional ways in Higher Education. Further all k12 education is behind other indoctrinations that they are responsible further of the legal operation standard. A plaintiff speed where they urge stopping the race race proxies in College Admissions. By hiding students name disclose the rate make students inaccessible to what is evaluated. The criteria on the needs of the program for the equity. Restore standardized testing. The factor is 81 have made standardized testing possible. The Entrance Exam in order to receive equity. Chinese at the revolutionary race or managing enterprise. As a result it stopped. The economy collapsed. America cannot afford to repeat this mistake in the name of Racial Equity. When our nation is faced with unprecedented complications from international rivals. It is imperative to risk the meritocracy in our institution in order to maintain america. The Supreme Court landmark ruling provides opportunity for american colleges to correct their mistakes by promoting equality in the mayor trust city and calling upon to support our policy recommendations to do just that. Thank you. Thank you. Good morning, chairman. Ranking member scott. Members of the house. Good morning chairman owens, Ranking Member scott and members of the house committee. I am the director of the Educational Committee project with the lawyers for civil rights under law. Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the Supreme Courts decision. The Lawyers Committee has been a leader in the fight for Racial Equity access to justice in Higher Education for many years. We award good coalitions nationally and into western states to ensure that all students made access to be supported graduate and into the workforce fully prepared for our society. We have also had the distinct privilege and honor of representing an incredible Multiracial Group of students and organizations in the harvard unc and austin cases including black latino and Asian American students. Together with pro bono law firms advancing justice aid in the North CarolinaJustice Center we represented the only state to testify in the unc and harvard cases about the tremendous academic and social benefits of diverse student bodies. When i argued the unc case in the Supreme Court last october, i carried with me there powerful story of resilience, unity and determination. These included luisa a child of mexican immigrant parents who wanted to become a doctor after visiting his grandmother as a young child in mexico and seeing her within abscess in her knee because she lacked access to adequate healthcare. He had to fight his way into ap classes at Israel High School in North Carolina because a counselor did not think he could compete. He had strong grades, but did not have the highest test scores because he did not even know that he could study for the sat. He persevered and today he is in his fourth year of medical school. Sally chen, a child of chinese immigrant parents who grew up in San Francisco in a one bedroom apartment with their family and siblings. Sally often translated for her parents and schools and doctors offices. She thought about whether in her application she should discuss her family story and decided that she would be true to herself and share those experiences that inspired her. She was admitted to harvard as a firstgeneration student graduated and now helps lead work with the chinese for affirmative action. And Andrew Brennan a secondgeneration black College Student who grew up in kentucky and wrote his College Application that he did not always fit into the black stereotypes because he identified as yay and did not just listen to rap music. Students among less than 125 andrew graduated and continued as a strong advocate for voice and is enrolled in columbia law school. Just a fraction of the stories of many of our students whose range of academic and social achievement attributes experiences and talent including those impacted by race will fully fit under the mission plans and still should be fully vetted today. These students earn their seats. They are now succeeding in life. Our country needs more Success Stories like these. We cannot allow others to use the Supreme Courts torture history of the equal protection clause in the promise to take those seats away from other well deserving students. Because lets be real. That is what many supporters of the decision want to deal and not just in education, but all facets of life. We are builtin unearned privileges for the few determine who has opportunity and who does not. That may be somebodys dream, but that is not the american dream. Universities can do their part by instituting constitutional reforms including race programs, recruitment and outreach and Student Support as well as deconstructing systemic barriers we need congress to do its part in helping to bring unity, opportunity and justice for all. We have