Removing legacies/athletes/staff is a reasonable step to take, since each of those fall into a separate pool of admits. Harvard also had higher thresholds for s

Removing legacies/athletes/staff is a reasonable step to take, since each of those fall into a separate pool of admits. Harvard also had higher thresholds for sending recruitment letters. "This lawsuit is an attempt by anti-affirmative action people to end affirmative action" That's an ad hominem attack that does not address the claims on merit. I personally think fairly evident that Harvard et al are essentially attempting to address systemic inequalities in access, while also maintaining a large pool of legacy (ie donor) admits. Whether or not this is "fair" or "unfair" is actually not something I have a strong opinion about. What I do find abhorrent is the unwillingness to admit that's what they are doing, choosing instead to claim that asian kids have a harder time getting in because they have worse personalities.