JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RACISIM: “The Justice Department is seeking attorneys to investigate racial bias in college admissions as the agency prepares to review a 2015 complaint that claims Harvard University discriminates against Asian-American applicants.
An internal job posting calls for employees to work on ‘investigations and possible litigation related to intentional race-based discrimination in college and university admissions.’ The job posting, reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, said candidates should be available to start work in two weeks.
The move unnerved some school administrators, college lawyers and civil rights groups because they are worried it signals a major shift away from helping traditionally disadvantaged minorities, including African-Americans and Hispanics, through race-conscious admissions policies.
Many education lawyers believed a 2016 Supreme Court ruling on the subject had quieted some of the controversy surrounding affirmative action.”
-Melissa Korn, Nicole Hong, and Beth Reinhard, “Justice Department Seeks to Hire Attorneys for Affirmative Action Review,” The Wall Street Journal online, Aug. 2, 2017 09:14pm