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By Russell Grenning - posted Friday, 13 July 2018


What had happened under the Obama Administration policy was that many Asian American students were being denied places at universities because, and there is no other way of saying this, they were significantly brighter than any other ethnic student group be they white, black or Hispanic. On the basis of racial profiling, Asian students who more than qualified on the basis of their scholastic results were being denied university places so that those who had lower results could get in. Asian students had bought lawsuits against universities which denied their entry just because they were Asian and bright.

Predictably, there was opposition to Trump's decision.

A black academic, preacher and radio host Professor Michael Dyson said that racial demographics should be a "significant feature" when considering university admissions adding that "African American and Latino populations" should receive compensations because of their race via consideration "of their race and ethnicity". In other words, black and brown students shouldn't be held to the same scholastic level as white or Asian students.

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Somehow, I don't think that black only university residences and racial profiling to decide which students were allowed to enter universities is what Dr King and Chief Justice Warren had in mind all those years ago.

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Russell Grenning is a retired political adviser and journalist who began his career at the ABC in 1968 and subsequently worked for the then Brisbane afternoon daily, The Telegraph and later as a columnist for The Courier Mail and The Australian.

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