WRC 1013/1023: Freshman Composition: Exploring Critical Issues

"Today, Harvard’s discriminatory policies harm Asian Americans — call it the Asian problem. To end this discrimination, Students for Fair Admissions, a nonprofit group which I lead as president, sued Harvard in federal court."

"The article informs that nonprofit group Students for Fair Admission has sued Harvard University has arguing that the Ivy League institution has discriminated against Asian Americans for several decades."

"Justice Department inquiry renews debate over whether top colleges hold some applicants to an unfair standard -- and what the data say about Asian-American applicants."

"The argument that affirmative action harms Asian American people is simply inaccurate. And worse, the argument is strategic rather than motivated by real concern for the well-being of Asian Americans."

"The Supreme Court has upheld the use of race in college admissions, but affirmative action is facing new challenges."

". . .the perception, right or wrong, that race can in some circumstances trump merit strikes many as unjust, not least because universities play a large role in social mobility."

"Toward the end of the class, Mr. Moore poses a question. 'What is your generation's response to the black freedom struggle?' he asks. 'Or are we in a postracial world where none of that stuff even matters?'"

Thomas has moved from black nationalism to the right. But his beliefs about racism, and our ability to solve it, remain the same.