Lawsuit claims University of Michigan discriminates against straight white men
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Lawsuit comes amid heightened scrutiny of diversity efforts in higher education.The University of Michigan denies any wrongdoing and said it will defend against the lawsuit.A nonprofit group that opposes affirmative action is suing the University of Michigan and the Michigan Law Review, claiming both discriminate against straight white men.
Faculty, Alumni, and Students Opposed to Racial Preferences (FASORP) claims the Michigan Law Review, a student-run legal journal, discriminates when choosing staff and articles for the publication.
“Untilrecently,membershipontheLawReviewwasanacademichonorreservedforstudentswhowereselectedonaccountoftheirfirst-yeargradesandtheirperformanceonawritingcompetition,”thesuitsays.“Butleft-wingstudentsandaffirmative-actiondevoteesattheUniversityofMichiganLawSchoolwereunhappywiththedemographicmakeupproducedbymerit-basedselection.”
Accordingtothesuit,theLawReviewrequiresstudentstosubmita750-wordpersonalessay,whichisreviewedbya“Ho
