Asian Groups Claim Harvard Uses Racial Quotas for Admittance

In a recent Foxnews article, Asian Americans are filing a complaint with the federal government with grievances that Harvard is selecting academic enrollment based upon racial ratios. Although, as the article even points, they've increased their enrollment of this group from 17.6 percent to 21 recently. This group makes up 4.8 percent of the population, yet their enrollment is 20 percent at this school. However, their grievance is the opposite of affirmative-action, it runs counter to this as they feel this law affects how many Asian Americans could potentially be admitted. They are advocating for removal of affirmative-action here as this prevents many of them, whom meet the academic and other rigor, to attend this school among other Ivy League institutions. Counter to a utilitarian approach, I'd have to agree with them. Granted, 50 years ago, affirmative-action was relevant and necessary, and we should all be ashamed of that. But this isn't 50 years ago, and if we continue to set special rights aside for certain minorities, we're only going to hurt them. We're, in essence, saying as a culture that they're not smart enough, or socialized well enough and need special treatment. Is that how you empower people? To me it seems repressive. Again, this group is seeking what all Americans want, a better life. It's being infringed upon by archaic laws created for racial integration and equality. I'd have to side with them here, and furthermore, I'd have to agree that they're being discriminated against as well.

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Asian groups file federal complaint against Harvard over admission practices. (2015, May 17), from http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/17/asian-groups-filed-federal-complaint-against-harvard-over-admission-practices/

(2013, July 2). Retrieved May 17, 2015, from http://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/populations/REMP/asian.html