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Lawsuit alleges Harvard gives preferential treatment to legacy admissions, who are 'overwhelmingly' White | CNN

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Three minority advocacy groups are suing Harvard’s governing body, accusing the school of discrimination by giving preferential treatment to children of wealthy donors and alumni, and citing the recent US Supreme Court ruling that gutted affirmative action

The lawsuit, filed by the Lawyers for Civil Rights group on behalf of the Chica Project, the African Community Economic Development of New England, and the Greater Boston Latino Network, alleges the students who receive that preferential treatment are “overwhelmingly White,” and make up as much as 15% of admitted students. “This preferential treatment has nothing to do with an applicant’s merit.

According to the plaintiffs, “Black, Latinx, and Asian American applicants are all dramatically under-represented among those who receive Donor or Legacy Preferences.” According to Harvard College statistics for the class of 2027, African American and Black students made up 15.3% of accepted undergraduates, Asian Americans made up 29.9% and Latinx students made up 11.3%. Native American and Native Hawaiian students made up 2.7% of accepted undergraduates. The rest, roughly 40.

 

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