A crucial supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action could come tomorrow, as colleges and universities grapple with the possibility that race might no longer be a factor in admissions. The Central Question being decided this time is should Affirmative Action continue forever In The Name Of diversity, and are the gains achieved worth the harms allegedly inflicted on Asian American students . This is the most important civil Rights Case of our era. I dont think its an overstatement to say theyre freaking out right now. One admissions official told me, some colleges are so worried about being sued in the wake of this decision that theyre thinking about scrubbing racial and ethnic data from their websites. There has to be some discrimination here. There has to be something against Asian Americans specifically. This case is going to be something more than just about admissions. The notion that noticing race is per se unconstitutional could be devastating for a number of areas of the law. And i think its very frustrating that Asian Americans are a face of this. This litigation started back in 2014. At issue is harvards Admissions Policy and the role that race plays in determining who gets in to one of the most selective elite institutions of higher education in the world. Harvard. Harvard. This is harvard, the apex of academia for america. It is the place where the j. P. Morgans, the henry thoreaus, the Franklin Roosevelts and the William Hearsts prepared themselves to become the nations leaders in industry, government, and literature. Fight fiercely, harvard fight, fight, fight demonstrate to them our skill albeit they possess the might nonetheless, we have the will how we will. I remember i was telling my dad. I was like, hey, i want to go to harvard. I think i was like five at that time. So you went to harvard, right . What about toofer . Is he any good . I dont know if hes mentioned this to you 100 times, but he went to harvard. Harvard will save me. Harvard will save me. My passion is obviously in politics. And to me, the way to attain it, well, i guess the best way to attain it, is to attend an Ivy League institution. Yangping yang and susan, i just want you to know that your sons out late tonight because hes hanging out with me, a president ial candidate. Im so impressed with him. In total, i probably applied to around 40 colleges. So i applied to all of the Ivy Leagues minus cornell, because cornell was more Math And Science heavy. Stanford, caltech, mit. All the top ranking ucs. Pomona, williams. Whats the second ranked school . Amherst. It was stressful. And then the last decision that i opened was harvard. Big one. So weird. This just doesnt feel real. Okay, so im about to open my harvard early action decision. All right. Do you want me to look . No. I knew that with my statistics, i had a good shot. I started my own company. [michael] 4. 67 gpa. Perfect act score. My sat was 2230. [calvin] i also organized Climate Protests here in new york city, as well as worldwide. [michael] first place in the u. S. Open music competition. You know, in speech and debate, i had multiple first places or finalist awards. I sang for obamas inauguration. [calvin] im on the varsity rugby team. I was on the Varsity Swim Team as well. Among my Asian American peers, we recognize that our race may put us at a disadvantage. Some of my friends who are Mixed Race or Asian American plus white or Asian American plus something else. Under applications, they tended to choose the other race, not Asian American. [screams of excitement] waitlisted at harvard. Ok, should we take a break . I feel like. Its up to you, yeah. I just saw rejection after rejection after rejection after rejection. I really thought i had a good shot. And then i didnt get in. I felt like my future was slipping away from my hands. When i was in that anger phase, a large part of it was me going online and looking how students reacted. Dear kevin, im sorvery sorry. All four years for this. [soft piano music] i got waitlisted. And thats when i noticed one common theme they were Asian American. So then thats when i thought oh, what if me being Asian American was the problem . Yeah, and then a lot of the kids who have near perfect sats and near Perfect Gpas and amazing extracurricular activities who are asian in my school, they dont, they dont. I mean, they end up in great schools, but not Ivy League. Thats why i wanted to file a lawsuit. Thats when my dad stopped me. Hes like, wait, first you know how much a Lawsuit Costs . Thats when my dad decided, you know, this is a big enough issue to where we should gather asian parents to try and form a coalition to really help address this issue and put this issue to the forefront. As a child growing up, my father told me that if you work hard, youll be able to succeed. What do we know that as . We know that as the american dream. [suspenseful music] good Evening And Welcome to Tucker Carlson tonight. Heres an interesting and potentially significant story. Several Asian American groups are saying theyre being punished for their success. A Group Called Students for fair admissions is suing Harvard University for discrimination. My name is michael wang. I was one of the first students to come to the forefront of Media Attention when it comes to racial discrimination, especially against Asian Americans and Affirmative Action. My name is calvin yang, and im a plaintiff in the Sffa Versus Harvard case. The Trump Administration siding with Asian American students claiming racial discrimination against Harvard University. At issue is whether the university imposes a cap on the number of qualified Asian American students that it admits. But is it really just an attempt to set back the entire notion of Affirmative Action . I was a little confused in the beginning. I remember asking a colleague whos a lawyer i dont understand this, because what does this have to do with Affirmative Action . And he said, well, if you read the complaint, the remedy that they were asking for was an end to considering race in College Admissions. My name is Natasha Warikoo and i am professor of sociology at tufts university, and ive written on College Admissions and Affirmative Action. Affirmative action is a policy by which when theres a competitive process and there are more people than there are slots, whether its College Admissions or Government Contracts or hiring, an organization considers membership in an underrepresented group when making selection decisions. This is a relative rarity, a lawsuit about alleging that Asian Americans are discriminated against and that Affirmative Action discriminates against them. Normally, you know, the lawsuits allege that whites are injured by Affirmative Action policies. So from Harvard Square to the cambridge common, these students are marching. They say affirmative Action And Diversity in admissions is under attack, and theyre letting their voices be heard. My name is cecilia nunez. I graduated harvard class of 2020. My name is sally chen. I graduated from Harvard College in 2019. My name is Margaret M. Chin. I graduated Harvard College in 1984. Currently, im a professor of sociology at hunter college. We are more than our scores. [sally] i didnt really want to get involved at first. I was, like, scared. But our silence was complicit. Right . Especially to african american and latinx students on campus. You know do you think your race helped you get in, or do you think it was because you got to check two boxes . This question of did you get in just because of your race came up a lot, and people feel very comfortable just asking you that. Race cannot be removed from the Admissions Process, because harvard is made great by its students and its students are made great by diversity. We belong here. And Affirmative Action is a right that we have. I was pretty angry. So while we affirm how important diversity is, if you get rid of Affirmative Action, youre actually taking away racial justice. Youre actually trying to bring back. Can i say the word . Segregation. Affirmative action is under attack. What do we do . Stand up, fight back im here to Stand Up and defend Affirmative Action, as its under threat by Edward Blum and the department of justice. I am not sure what the outcome is going to be, but im really proud of my community and all the harvard students for coming out today. Hey, hey, ho, ho, Edward Blum has got to go. Hey, hey, ho, ho, Edward Blum has got to go. Hey, hey, ho, ho. Very quickly here, Edward Blum is the founder of sffa. Who is he and why . Whats his story here . Edward blum, a Broker And Middleman for disgruntled white people. An extremist some might say, who has weaponized communities of color against each other. A couple of his donors, theyre wealthy, very conservative foundations. Despite not being a lawyer, blum has been behind some of the most highprofile Supreme Court cases of the last decade, including what seems like his oneman mission to end Affirmative Action in the United States as we know it. The mission of students for fair admissions is to eliminate the use of Race And Ethnicity in College Admissions. And we can file various lawsuits that we think will dovetail and eventually meet the goals of eliminating Race And Ethnicity. I grew up in a Post World War ii jewish household. When i was in college back in 1969, i considered myself an antiwar liberal, just as my mom and dad. On many issues, i find myself to the left of center. On other issues, i find myself to the right of center. 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Asian americans have held numerous protests. They never got mentioned in Mainstream Media until in 2014. Edward blum has filed a litigation on behalf of Asian Americans, against racial discrimination. Now, Mainstream Media are indeed talking about Asian Americans. That is a fresh, shocking sight. [crowd cheering] im yenta the matchmaker out of fiddler on the roof. I find plaintiffs, i find lawyers, and i put them together. [natasha] i was doing research and i kept getting these ads. Do you feel like you were discriminated against in College Admissions . And there would be a sort of forlornlooking Asian American person in the picture. I needed plaintiffs. I needed asian plaintiffs. [michael] so i reached out to him by email, wanting to learn more from him. [calvin] i found the website. And then im like, mr. Blum, im not okay with this. Hes like, calvin, i read your file. Youre an excellent kid. Lets talk. Hes like, im starting an Organization Called Students for fair admissions, sffa, the current organization filing the lawsuit against harvard. Im compiling a number of students who feel like theyre being discriminated against, but they dont want to appear in front of a camera. They dont want their names publicized in fear that these colleges will retaliate against them. And he told me, like, i want you to be a spokesperson for these students. Michael wang did everything he could to get into harvard. [michael] had i been african american or latino, i might have got into more schools that im not even sure myself. Its a sad irony that there is this white man who doesnt seem to really care that much about Asian Americans spearheading this effort. Good luck tomorrow. A great thing you are doing. What a great thing. Thank you. Good luck tomorrow. Thank you. Thank you. Good luck. Thank you. [car horn blares] [seagulls cawing] today, Harvard Universitys Admission Practices go on trial. The suit has forced harvard to release six years of student data. There is gonna be a battle of two economists and it might be this showdown on the factual side. One packed courtroom, not even enough. A second Overflow Courtroom had to be opened. Hi. Im jeannie, jeannie suk gersen. Nice to meet you. So good to meet you. Good to meet you. Can you walk us through this lawsuit, explain exactly whats sort of at stake here . Well, the lawsuit takes place under a law called title six of the civil Rights Act. My name is jeannie suk gersen, and i am a professor of law at harvard Law School. As a person of color in elite institutions, i could see that Asian Americans were going to become a bigger part of the story than they previously had been. And then in 2014, when the lawsuit against harvard, my own university, was filed, i was watching it very closely. And then i wrote about it for the first time in 2017. Is this the Harvard Case . Go get em. Discrimination is bad. Sure is. [soft footsteps, chair squeaks] [judge bangs gavel] [adam] your honor, Adam Mortara for students for fair admissions. The evidence will show and allow the court to test the propos