Trump administration probes complaint that Yale discriminates against Asian-Americans

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



By BENJAMIN WERMUND 09/26/2018 01:50 PM EDT Updated 09/26/2018 02:16 PM EDT

The Trump administration is investigating allegations that Yale's admissions policies discriminate against Asian-American applicants — at least the second such investigation into an Ivy League school.

The investigation, by both the Justice Department and the Education Department, stems from a 2016 complaint filed by the Asian American Coalition for Education against Yale, Brown and Dartmouth.

It's the latest sign of scrutiny of affirmative action by the Trump administration, which has also accused Harvard of discriminating against Asian-American applicants and scrapped Obama-era guidance that called on school superintendents and colleges to consider race when trying to diversify their campuses.

Civil rights advocates have seen the administration's actions as part of a broader effort to end affirmative action — policies the Supreme Court has upheld multiple times, but which might be vulnerable through President Donald Trump’s creation of a new conservative majority on the Supreme Court if nominee Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/26/trump-administration-probes-yale-discrimination-complaint-843581

[bettyellen]

1. This is how he plans to end affirmative action. Whites aren't pissed about it- Asians are. Bullshit.

[tanyev]

2. Oh hey, maybe that will give Trump another opportunity to display his hilarious Asian imitations.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. So are they really going after Dartmouth

the alma mater of ilk like Distort D'Nooza and Laura Ingrate? I tend to doubt it.