Officials from the Justice Department and Education Department alleged Wednesday that the University of California’s Berkeley School of Law favors Black applicants over white and Asian applicants, in violation of federal law.
In a letter to attorney Tania Faransso, who is representing the law school, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said the institution “deliberately discriminated” against Asian and white applicants based on race.
By doing so, Berkeley Law violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars the use of federal funds to further racial discrimination, Dhillon alleged. The Justice Department is seeking to enter into a resolution agreement with the college to ensure it complies with federal law.
“This discrimination is apparent from the significant disparity in objective academic metrics between racially preferred applicants, and applicants from non-preferred races,” Dhillon wrote, accusing the law school of discriminating by using racial proxies and certain essay prompts in admissions.
This is a sensitive subject for me because when I graduated high school, I was coming from a home below the poverty line. Another student from an East Indian family who lived in the nice neighborhoods north of Montana Blvd., back when East Indians were still considered oppressed minorities, received a full ride scholarship.
When I started working, racial discrimination in hiring was explicit: "Because this position is currently held by an EEO double pointer, it must be filled with same."
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