Time to hit the education beat for a moment

Via Instapundit: "SYSTEMIC RACISM: Data Reveal How Yale Discriminates Based on Race."

Black applicants to Yale University are up to eight times more likely to be admitted than Asian applicants with the same level of academic skill, a disparity that the Department of Justice says violates federal law.

In a lawsuit filed Thursday afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, the DOJ alleged that Yale was in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits racial discrimination by institutions that receive federal funds. In its 32-page complaint, the department documents Yale's use of race as a factor at every step of its admissions process and details statistical evidence that students of similar academic skill but different racial groups face wildly divergent admissions chances.

The suit follows DOJ's official request that Yale cease its use of race as an admissions factor, itself the result of a multi-year investigation into Yale's admissions practices. Although the two institutions negotiated extensively since that request was made in August, a DOJ official told the Washington Free Beacon, Yale has refused to alter its admissions process, necessitating legal action.

We in a time of great unrest under the guise of racial justice. The question to ask is whether or not race should be a factor in college admissions? Diversity for the sake of diversity or shouldn't it be the best possible student to attend our institution of higher learning?

Now that I think about it, four years ago this happened at Yale. I wonder what happened to many of those students. This video isn't a good look for any student who find themselves at one of the top Ivy League universities. [VIDEO]