Asian High School Students Face Discrimination

Parents and students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology set the table this week for the next big test of affirmative action, asking the Supreme Court to overrule the Virginia school’s new admissions policy as unfair discrimination against Asian Americans.

Coalition for TJ says the policy, which reserves some slots at the highly selective school based on geography, was intended to promote Black and Hispanic students while limiting the number of Asian Americans, who had come to dominate the admissions process.

Two months ago, the high court struck down race-based affirmative action policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. The ruling said using a “plus” factor for Black and Hispanic applicants based specifically on race was unconstitutional. (Excerpt from The Washington Times.)