Race-Based College Admissions and Affirmative Action

Two recent Supreme Court cases challenge cultural elites’ determined effort to advance and enforce racial preference at selective universities. Elite universities have sheltered their racial and ethnic preferences by claiming that visual, as opposed to intellectual diversity, improves educational outcomes. The Court recently heard oral arguments in two critical and related cases brought by the Students for Fair Admissions Inc (SFFA). SFFA demonstrated that universities often engage in a sham admissions process that deliberately discriminates against Asian students. The ACLJ filed amicus briefs in both cases against the racial inequality that such affirmative action programs bring.