Student activist group Students for Fair Admission is signaling that it may sue some of the biggest military academies in the country for racial discrimination.
Capitol Hill lawmakers predict if the Supreme Court's rejection of affirmative action will affect workplace hiring practices and diversity efforts.case against Harvard and the University of North Carolina has signaled that it may sue some of the biggest military academies in the country for racial discrimination.
"It is the hope of Students for Fair Admissions that the service academies will soon end the use of racial classifications and preferences in their admissions policies. Failure to do so, may result in polarizing litigation," the group wrote in a statement. "Were you rejected from West Point? Or the Naval Academy or the Air Force Academy? It may be because you’re the wrong race," the organization writes on its website, WestPointNotFair.org. , the Naval Academy and the Air Force Academy all use"an applicant’s race and ethnicity as a factor in admissions. That’s unfair and unconstitutional."
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