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A federal judge determined that Harvard University is not guilty of discriminating against Asian Americans in its admissions process.

U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs ruled Tuesday that Harvard's admissions process is "not perfect" but passes constitutional muster. She said there is "no evidence of any racial animus whatsoever" and no evidence that any admission decision was "negatively affected by Asian American identity."

"Race conscious admissions will always penalize to some extent the groups that are not being advantaged by the process," Burroughs wrote, "but this is justified by the compelling interest in diversity and all the benefits that flow from a diverse college population."

SFFA said it has found evidence that proves Harvard is deliberately (and illegally) limiting the number of Asian Americans accepted, pointing to a part of Harvard’s holistic review process known as the “personal rating.” This part of the application process considers things like teacher recommendations, alumni interviews, and personal statements.

The plaintiffs say internal reports from Harvard’s Office of Institutional Research suggest the university regularly underscored Asian-American applicants on this portion of the review. They say Harvard regularly rated Asian Americans as less “courageous” or “less “likable” than white students, and admitted more whites than Asian Americans, despite Asian Americans besting whites on the other metrics.

Harvard countered that the reports were incomplete and did not fully capture the nuance of the school’s admissions process, and has said that weaker teacher recommendations are behind Asian American students’ lower personal ratings. Both sides presented dueling expert analyses over the data.

Admiral X wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2019 4:25 am So this judge just defended racism, because in her view it was the correct kind of racism. Typical regressive leftist.