The biggest diversity case in 2018, may well be the biggest one in 2019.
The Harvard case, in which Asian Americans sued Harvard for discrimination, could determine access to higher education for all people of color for decades to come. It also easily defines where Asian Americans stand on diversity. And just who the good guys are, isn’t exactly clear at first.
Do we back the aggrieved Asian students, our kids, as some prominent pro-Asian groups advocate? Tiger Moms and their kids with the perfect scores who didn’t get in — we’re for them, right?
Well, not so fast.
The trial in Boston came down to a battle of statistical models, with expert witnesses tweaking the numbers to prove their perspective.
But let’s go with the kids who took the stand. And notice who didn’t.
Ed Blum’s group, Students for Fair Admissions — the anti-Harvard, anti-diversity, anti-affirmative action side led by White conservatives who claimed Asian American students were discriminated against — sent zero students to the witness stand.
