Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions Process

Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions... by mfer on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:21PM (#21130142)

Hiring and employment is different from college selection processes. Students attending a university are not employees. There are federal laws on equal opportunity employment and California has enacted additional laws.

If anyone is caught discriminating on employment based on race it's directly against federal law.

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Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions... by snagglegaggle on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:32PM (#21130278)

Discrimination based on race for college admission is illegal. There is Title VI (https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/hq43e4.html) which may seem limited, but in general restricting economic activity based on race is illegal unless it is exclusive and unadvertised.

Even if it weren't, it should be obvious something wrong is happening...

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Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions... by AdrianB1 on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:29PM (#21130239)

Morally it is the same. Legally, I don't know, I am not a lawyer and I don't even live in US, someone else can tell what the law is.

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Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions... by mfer on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @07:26PM (#21131996)

Judges work based on the law. Morals and laws are different. Different people follow or believe different morals. Judges don't get the luxury to follow what they believe is morally right when there is a law covering it. In the US it's Congress who makes laws rather than judges.

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Re:Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions... by wendyshu on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @05:00PM (#21130584)

Should job seekers be allowed to use prejudice to choose which company to work for?

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