When it comes to being admitted into the University of Nebraska’s law school, the odds favor blacks over whites 442 to 1. Odds favor Hispanics 90 to 1.
The Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) released a new study that documents cases of “severe discrimination” in law school admissions. Among the 2006 and 2007 entering classes, five Hispanics, 12 Asians, and 389 whites were denied law school admission, even though their scores and grades were higher than the average black admittee.
According to the study, Asian and white residents of the state are less likely to be admitted to the University of Nebraska’s law school than black and Hispanic non-residents. Seventy-five percent of black admittees had worse scores compared to 75 percent of whites and Asians admitted to the law school.
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“Racial discrimination in university admissions is always appalling,” said CEO chair Linda Chaves. “But the extremely heavy weight given to race by the University of Nebraska College of Law is off the charts.”
This appalling condition may not exist much longer. On November 4, Nebraskans will vote for or against Initiative 424, a measure that would amend the state constitution to bar the government from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to any individual or group based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education and public contracting. The imitative is supported by a coalition of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents from across the state.
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