'I support affirmative action, but stop denying it discriminates against Asians.' jonathanchait writes
The Supreme Court announced last month it would hear a challenge that Harvard discriminates against Asian American applicants. One problem raised by this news is the strong likelihood that the Court, now firmly controlled by conservatives, will strike down all racial preferences in college admissions. I’d like to call attention to a second, related problem: The institutions that crafted these policies, and the liberals who have defended them, have relied overwhelmingly on dissembling and lies.
The facts, as presented by the plaintiffs, are crystal clear. Asian Americans admitted to Harvard have higher standardized-test scores than any other group including whites. Harvard itself found in a 2013 internal study that, if it admitted applicants solely on the basis of academic merit, its share of Asian American students would explode from 19 percent to 43 percent. Preferences for legacies and athletes have propped up the white share of students admitted.
Harvard College welcomes talented students from all backgrounds, including Asian-Americans. Our review of every applicant’s file is highly individualized and holistic, as we give serious consideration to all of the information we receive and all of the ways in which the candidate might contribute to our educational environment and community. The admissions committee does not use quotas of any kind.
The author could deny Harvard holds Asian Americans to a higher standard. Alternatively, she could concede that the discrimination exists but defend it as a necessary cost of maintaining a diverse campus. Instead, she simply notes that Harvard has many qualified applicants and that it has many Asian American students — two facts that in no way rebut the allegation.
“At the time, I didn’t understand just how pernicious it was to think about affirmative action in those terms,” the author confesses. “Not only does that frame gloss over the reasons why race-conscious policies are necessary; it’s also the first step toward arguing that all race-conscious policies are unfair.”
It is not clear whether “myth” here means a factually untrue claim or a factually true claim that supports wrong policies. But in all these cases, the ambiguity, far from undermining the author’s goal, instead serves it. Imagine a liberal in any other context being presented with evidence that a a minority group is faring systematically worse on a subjective personality measure and concluding that this does not reflect a pattern of discrimination. What would critical race theory say?
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