After years of debate, we finally have definitive evidence to prove that affirmative action policies for college admissions have perpetuated discrimination against Asian American students. But “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) die-hards can’t accept it.
Last month, MIT became the first elite college to release its racial demographic data for the Class of 2028, showing that after years of static admission rates for Asian Americans, the percentage of admitted Asian students jumped up seven points — from 40 percent to 47 percent. In the days that followed, this proved to be a pattern across many college campuses, as more admissions data trickled in from other institutions, such as at Columbia University, where Asian Americans went up by nine points, and Brown University, where they went up by four points. In some cases, like at Yale and Princeton, the results were mixed, apparently vindicating proponents of affirmative action.
Yet the issue is more nuanced than it appears, as many of these colleges report that some percentage of students refused to disclose their race. Richard Sander, a law professor at UCLA, indicates that many of these are likely Asian American students who “know they’re the target.” And it is still possible that some colleges are subtly refusing to enforce the Supreme Court decision. The majority of the results, though, vindicate what many Asian Americans have known for decades.
The whole college-admissions landscape changed last year when the Supreme Court ruled on the landmark case Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2023), overturning
