Harvard is engaged in defending a suit that alleges discrimination in admissions due to its race-conscious approach. Due to a missed deadline for filing a notice of claim with their insurance carrier, the amount of money that Harvard is spending to protect their “right” to discriminate based on race is now visible for the world to see.
At this point Harvard has spent over $27 million to defend its “right” to discriminate. This came to light when Harvard failed to file a formal claim with Zurich American Insurance in a timely matter. The amount in question with the carrier is $15 million.
Students for Fair Admissions Inc. (SFFA) v. President & Fellows of Harvard College is one of two cases to come before the Supreme Court this session urging it to eliminate race as an admissions factor and, as a result, overturn the precedent case, Grutter v. Bollinger. The case also seeks to answer whether Harvard College violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act through its alleged discrimination against Asian American students, stemming from the initial lawsuit.
“It’s very clear to me that Harvard University was engaging in blatant discrimination. And what they were doing was they did not like the fact that Asian Americans — if they were simply admitted based on their credentials, qualifications — would have such a huge percentage of the student body,” said Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation.
Let’s remember that Harvard University had a fellow by the name of Noel Ignatiev on its staff. His claim to fame is the following quote:
“Make no mistake about it: we intend to keep bashing the dead white males, and the live ones, and the females too, until the social construct known as ‘the white race’ is destroyed—not ‘deconstructed’ but destroyed.”
Harvard’s admissions policy was designed to harm white and Asian students to allow others in regardless of their ability to perform the work required at a university level. This practice of admitting people into programs for which they are not qualified solely on the basis of “race” leads to and promotes mediocrity. It also tarnishes the reputations of those of the favored skin color who can do the work. People believe these people got in based solely on the color of their skin.
It seems like that everything that MLK fought for, is being flushed down the toilet. Applying a new form of segregation is not the way to end discrimination.
Could the $27 million that Harvard has spent have been used for something more in line with its supposed mission of education?
BTW, while it is never a good pastime to anticipate which way the Court will rule, the justices did not seem impressed with arguments put forth by Harvard’s representation. How much more has Harvard spent defending the indefensible?
As Chief Justice John Roberts once said, “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”