How a NYC mom-of-4 helped end affirmative action in college admissionsBy Josh Kosman
August 20, 2023
A New York City mom-of-four was the secret weapon in the fight to end affirmative action in college admissions — leading to the Supreme Court’s blockbuster decision to outlaw controversial, race-based acceptance policies.
The landmark June ruling — spearheaded by conservative activist Edward Blum and his Students for Fair Admissions group — ended decades of precedent that had allowed schools to take race into consideration when deciding who to accept.
The decision also ended Blum’s years-long fight against affirmative action, which he argued discriminated against Asian-American and white students.
Blum in 2014 filed the two cases against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina that made it all the way to the high court.
He said it was all thanks to Wai Wah Chin, a Chinese-American mom who had spent years advocating for equality in Big Apple high schools.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/20/how-nyc-mom-wai-wah-chin-helped-end-affirmative-action/
