The Trump administration has filed an amicus brief in support of the organisation bringing this case against Harvard
The plaintiffs say that if race was not considered, and if admissions were only based on grades alone, twice as many Asian pupils would be admitted because they perform well academically.
The case is expected to shed light on admissions practices at universities. Courts have previously allowed universities to examine race as a factor in order to promote diversity on campus, a practice known as affirmative action, or “reverse discrimination”.
The interesting thing about this American Asian (ethnic Chinese in the main) group is that it is a minority group claiming that some applicants are unfairly losing out on places because of the efforts to maintain diversity among other minorities.
