Critics say that in lumping white students with those of Asian descent, the administration is using Asian Americans as a pawn to dismantle affirmative action.
In addition, the Trump administration’s pairing of white and Asian American students reveals the DOJ “is using Asian Americans to protect the status quo for white applicants,” rather than out of concern for Asian Americans, said Janelle Wong, a professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Research further shows how certain factors benefit white students at similarly elite colleges. According to a study published last year in the, 43 percent of white students admitted to Harvard were recruited athletes, legacy students and children of faculty and staff. The percentage also includes those on the dean’s interest list, which is made up of applicants whose parents or relatives made donations to the university.
“By seeking to eliminate the consideration of race and national origin in Yale’s admissions decisions, the DOJ blithely discounts the disparate legacies of race in the United States and the divergent economic, social and psychological consequences as a result,” Lee said. While the Yale investigation was launched after the organization Asian American Coalition for Education filed a complaint against the university in 2016, research shows the group does not reflect the views of the general Asian American population. Data from that year shows that roughly two-thirds of Asian Americans supported race-conscious admissions.
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