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The Justice Department threw its hat into a bitter fight over Harvard’s admission practices, and now the ACLU is getting involved

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  • The Department of Justice indicated that it supports a group of Asian American students who sued Harvard University over its admissions practices.
  • The lawsuit alleges that a component of Harvard’s admissions process that takes into consideration an applicant’s ethnic background unfairly sidelines Asian students. Harvard has denied that claim.
  • The DOJ has previously made clear its objections to affirmative-action practices on college campuses.
  • The American Civil Liberties Union called the DOJ’s latest move an attempt to “dismantle progress in racial equity.”

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Source:: BusinessInsider.Com