Group sues UT-Austin on behalf of white students who say they were unfairly denied admission
A national organization has filed a suit in federal court on behalf of two white members who claim the University of Texas did not give them a fair opportunity to apply for admission because of their race.
The suit, filed Monday by the nonprofit Students for Fair Admissions, claims UT’s use of racial preferences in admissions violates the 14th Amendment, federal civil rights laws and Texas law. The suit names over a dozen UT officials as defendants, including James B. Milliken, chancellor of the UT System, and Jay Hartzell, UT’s interim president.
Students for Fair Admissions claims to have more than 20,000 members, including students, parents and others who believe racial classifications and preferences in college admissions are unfair, unnecessary and unconstitutional. The group had filed a similar case in 2018 against UT, which was recently dismissed. The group also sued administrators at Harvard University. Last fall, a federal judge upheld Harvard’s race-conscious admissions policy as constitutional.
Edward Blum, president of the organization, is a longtime challenger to affirmative action practices across the country. In 2008, he helped rejected UT applicant Abigail Fisher sue the university, which ended in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case upholding UT’s use of race in admissions practices.
Read more: https://www.statesman.com/news/20200722/group-sues-ut-austin-on-behalf-of-white-students-who-say-they-were-unfairly-denied-admission
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