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Students For Fair Admissions
Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) is an organization headed by Edward Blum that represented over 20,000 students and parents who allege they have been rejected by selective universities due to their races, and file lawsuits on their behalf. It has been described as an anti- affirmative action group who objects using race as one of the factors in college admissions.Ko, Lisa, "Opinions: the Myth of the Interchangeable Asian," ''The New York Times,'' October 14, 2018 Organization An offshoot of the Project on Fair Representation, Blum has targeted Harvard University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He set up websites called harvardnotfair.org, uncnotfair.org, and uwnotfair.org to attract plaintiffs. Students for Fair Admissions, led by Blum, filed federal lawsuits against Harvard and UNC-Chapel Hill in November 2014. (SFFA has not sued UW-Madison thus far.) Those cases are still pending in federal district court. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Blum (litigant)
Edward Jay Blum is a conservative legal strategist known for his activism against affirmative action based on race and ethnicity. He connects potential plaintiffs with attorneys who are willing to represent them in "test cases" which he tries to use to set legal precedents. He is the director and sole member of the Project on Fair Representation, which he founded in 2005. According to its website, the Project focuses specifically on voting, education, contracting, employment, racial quotas, and racial reparations. Since the 1990s, Blum has been heavily involved in bringing eight cases to the United States Supreme Court. He is a key figure in the '' Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College'' lawsuit. Early life Blum was born into a Jewish family in Benton Harbor, Michigan, where his parents owned and operated the local shoe store. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1973. He then studied West African writers for a year at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project On Fair Representation
Edward Jay Blum is a conservative legal strategist known for his activism against affirmative action based on race and ethnicity. He connects potential plaintiffs with attorneys who are willing to represent them in "test cases" which he tries to use to set legal precedents. He is the director and sole member of the Project on Fair Representation, which he founded in 2005. According to its website, the Project focuses specifically on voting, education, contracting, employment, racial quotas, and racial reparations. Since the 1990s, Blum has been heavily involved in bringing eight cases to the United States Supreme Court. He is a key figure in the '' Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College'' lawsuit. Early life Blum was born into a Jewish family in Benton Harbor, Michigan, where his parents owned and operated the local shoe store. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1973. He then studied West African writers for a year at the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |