The U.S. Department of Justice today (August 30, 2018) gave its support to students who are suing Harvard University over affirmative action policies that they claim discriminate against Asian American applicants, according to the NY Times website.
In a so-called statement of interest, the department supported claims of the plaintiffs -- a group of Asian Americans rejected by Harvard.
The Asian Americans contend that Harvard has systematically discriminated against them by artificially capping the number of qualified Asian Americans from attending the school in order to accept less qualified students of other races.
"Harvard has failed to carry its demanding burden to show that its use of race does not inflict unlawful racial discrimination on Asian Americans," the Justice Department said in its filing. A trial in the case has been scheduled for October.
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