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CNN CNN This Morning June 4, 2024 12:36:00

In a complaint to the department of education, a civil rights group alleges harvard s process discriminates against students of color by giving an unfair boost to mostly white children of alumni. in part it reads, for the period of 2014 through 2019. acceptance rate for donor-related applicants was approximately 42% or about seven times higher than the acceptance rate for an applicant with no donor relation. joining us now is executive director for the lawyers committee for sufl rights and economic justice yvonne espinosa madrigal. i want to talk about this complaint. it feels inevitable given how people were talking about legacy seats in the aftermath of the affirmative action ruling. what is the goal here? are you trying to get back to the supreme court? thank you very much for having me this morning. and just to clarify my organization, we branded a few years ago, we are just lawyers for civil rights and we are ....

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CNN CNN News Central June 4, 2024 15:29:00

The morning in wake of the supreme court decision, gutting affirmative action, three minority advocacy groups are suing harvard for giving preferential treatment for children of wealthy donors and alumni called legacy admissions. the suit alleges that students who are admitted to the university are overwhelmingly white and make up 15% of admitted students. athena jones has more on this. the lawsuit comes out, and they are arguing that they are not going to be using race as a determining factor, and so they can t use legacy, because neither of them are based on merit. what are you hearing from har harvard? harvard is not commenting on the case, because they said in response to the lawsuit decided last week on race that they would find a way to comply to the supreme court ruling and also on their own value. ....

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MSNBC All In With Chris Hayes June 4, 2024 04:20:00

Not come from a federal civil rights complaint filed today with the u.s. department of education. now, the complaint challenges harvard s legacy admissions as a civil rights violation. and it seeks to force harvard to stop considering applicants relationships to alumni in the admissions process. the groups who have filed the complaint argue that ending legacy admission is more urgent than ever, because race conscious admissions policies may have helped to offset those legacy programs have now been banned by the supreme court. joining us now is michael kippins, litigation fellow and lawyer for civil rights, and lead lawyer on this complaint filed today. mr. kippins, thank you so much for being here with us. to what extent is this complaint a response to last week s supreme court decision on affirmative action? well, first, thank you for having me. i am glad to be here. we at lawyers for civil rights have been concerned with a donor and legacy preferences ....

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FOXNEWS Fox News Live June 4, 2024 15:41:00

Accusing harvard of rewarding the children of wealthy donors and alumni with admission. friday the justices voted to overturn year s worth of affirmative action with the majority righting harvard university was unfairly taking in applicants of color. the justices ruled race can t be a specific basis for accepting a potential future student. harvard university at that time put out a statement in the weeks and months ahead drawing on the talent and expertise of our harvard community we ll determine how to preserve consistent our central values. harvard and the university of north carolina were the two schools in the supreme court case. though the implications will expand across the country to hundreds of schools. in this specific lawsuit the fangs lawyers for civil rights said even worse, this preferential treatment has ....

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CNN CNN Tonight June 4, 2024 07:22:00

Be looking at you know, athletes and musicians and the way in which the administration gets around just looking at people for beg capable. but for sure, there s nothing to recommend this whole legacy application. and the reason it s done is for donations. because they think that they can get a more alumni giving if there is a legacy. if there s a family legacy, families give more. maybe that s true. but it s an advantage to the students. also many, many of these schools have, the very elite colleges have millions, billions of dollars endowments and they will be fine. professor it s eye opening to look at it through this lens, this is the conversation happened more acutely since the supreme court ruling last week. of just what is affirmative action? what is an unfair advantage? how is legacy not in that, you know, in that category? well, it is very interesting ....

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