Today, U.S. Representatives Ed Royce (R-Calif.) and Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) publicly released their letter to the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice concerning the recent complaint filed by over 60 Asian-American groups against Harvard University alleging discrimination against Asian American applicants. Reps. Royce and Rohrabacher have asked every member of the U.S. House of Representatives to sign the letter before sending it on June 22, 2015:
“The discrimination by elite American universities against Asian-American students is wrong and an offense to our Constitution’s 14th Amendment which offers citizens equal protection under the law. I argued against SCA-5 which would have directed public universities in California to prioritize race during the application process and I am leading my colleagues in contacting the federal government to urge a swift review of this complaint,” said Rep. Royce. “We should be encouraging and inspiring our children to excel, not telling them their academic performance and merits are less important than their ethnicity.”
“This is not just an issue for Asian-Americans. Those who do the best job should get the best positions and what we have now is an insidious form of discrimination that has caused harm to individuals simply because of their race,” …read more
Source:: U.S. Rep. Ed Royce
