UCLA medical school still discriminates against white, Asian students, lawsuit alleges
Paris Apodaca - University of Washington
May 21, 2025
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The University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine is facing a federal lawsuit alleging race-based discrimination in its admissions process – a case that defendants hope will be a warning sign to others.
“This lawsuit sends an important message to every institution of higher education: Any school and administration that uses race and racial proxies in admissions in defiance of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard will be sued,” Edward Blum, president of Students for Fair Admissions, told The College Fix in a recent email.
Blum’s organization is one of the parties suing the public university and its medical school, alleging the institutions are racially discriminating against white and Asian students.
The others are Do No Harm Medicine, an organization that opposes identity politics in health care, and Kelly Mahoney, a student whose application was rejected despite scoring in the 96th percentile on the MCAT. She is a white female, according to the lawsuit.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/ucla-medical-school-still-discriminates-against-white-asian-students-lawsuit-alleges/
