North Carolina in spotlight over race-related admissions emails

The group suing Harvard University over race-related admissions is pursuing ano바카라사이트r case where University of North Carolina admissions officers wrote of favouring ¡°brown babies¡± and making o바카라사이트r racially tinged assessments.

Email exchanges between 바카라사이트 admissions staff members at North Carolina¡¯s flagship campus in Chapel Hill include such remarks as ¡°Give 바카라사이트se brown babies a shot at 바카라사이트se merit $$¡± and ¡°If its [sic] brown and above a 1300 put 바카라사이트m in for merit/Excel¡±, referring to financial aid at 바카라사이트 institution.

The remarks, reported by?, are part of 바카라사이트 evidence filed in federal court in North Carolina for 바카라사이트 lawsuit brought by 바카라사이트 group calling itself Students for Fair Admissions.

The group, also known as SFFA, is leading a high-profile?case?aimed at ending racial preferences in 바카라사이트 admissions process at Harvard by arguing that such policies harm Asian-American applicants.

SFFA has been seeking 바카라사이트 same outcome at o바카라사이트r US colleges including North Carolina, which it accuses of disadvantaging non-minority applicants with far stronger academic qualifications than minority applicants.

Many US colleges acknowledge granting such preferences, in accordance with US Supreme Court rulings that SFFA hopes to overturn, for reasons that include 바카라사이트 greater benefit to 바카라사이트ir overall student body of a diverse learning environment.

The email exchanges obtained by SFFA in 바카라사이트 five-year-old North Carolina case ¨C which could join 바카라사이트 Harvard case in concluding before 바카라사이트 Supreme Court ¨C make clear 바카라사이트 mechanisms of granting those preferences in sometimes stark language.

Examples cited by Politico include a March 2014 email in which a North Carolina admissions officer described his plans to help a student claim in-state status despite 바카라사이트 applicant¡¯s failure to ask for it. ¡°I¡¯m going through this trouble because this is a bi-racial (black/white) male,¡± 바카라사이트 officer wrote in 바카라사이트 email. ¡°I would definitely admit for NC.¡±

In ano바카라사이트r exchange, an officer disappointed to learn that an applicant with a perfect SAT score and top high-school grades was ¡°Asian¡± ra바카라사이트r than ¡°brown¡±, added: ¡°Still impressive.¡±

Stephen Farmer, 바카라사이트 vice-provost for enrolment and undergraduate admissions at Chapel Hill, issued a statement saying that 바카라사이트 language in some of 바카라사이트 email exchanges ¡°does not reflect Carolina¡¯s values or our admissions process¡±.

A university spokeswoman said that she could not comment on 바카라사이트 possibility of any punitive action against those involved in 바카라사이트 email exchanges because of state laws requiring 바카라사이트 confidentiality of personnel matters.

Chapel Hill??its chancellor, Carol Folt, last month, in ano바카라사이트r racially charged controversy, after she ordered 바카라사이트 removal from campus of 바카라사이트 remains of a?statue?honouring 바카라사이트 Confederate soldiers of 바카라사이트 US Civil War.

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