Discrimination in the Name of Diversity

Asian-American middle school kids get locked out of an elite program.

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Nearly a decade ago, Maryland’s largest public school district decided it had a problem. It didn’t involve student safety or plummeting test scores. It was that too many Asian-American children were being accepted into its magnet program for exceptional middle-schoolers.

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted a case that will decide whether Montgomery County Public Schools’ plan to rebalance the racial makeup of the program violated the Constitution’s promise of equal protection under the law.

Christian Schneider

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Christian Schneider

Christian Schneider is a National Review contributor and writes the Anti-Knowledge newsletter. He is a co-host of the podcast Wasn't That Special: 50 Years of SNL.

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