doj “investigating” affirmative action at harvard, will they also investigate the “legacy admissions” for rich white kids?

The Trump administration has a knack for looking at a situation and determining the exact opposite of the problem is the biggest cause for concern. The latest misdiagnosis comes in ithe form of an ongoing investigation into admissions practices at Harvard University, particularly as it pertains to race-based admissions.

According to BuzzFeed News, “The US Department of Justice suggested the investigation’s active status in a letter, dated Sept. 29, that was sent in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by a government watchdog group and a civil rights organization seeking records about investigations into admissions practices at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The FOIA request was made in August in response to reports that DOJ would be launching an investigation related to allegations of discrimination against Asian-American students.”

“This is further proof that Attorney General Sessions and the Trump administration will continue to invoke civil rights only to further their own political agenda — not provide equal protections for all Americans. It speaks volumes that Jeff Sessions’ Justice Department is prioritizing attacking affirmative action at a time when white nationalists are marching openly in the streets,” American Oversight executive director Austin Evers said in a statement to BuzzFeed.

That’s just rich (pun intended), given that Harvard’s incoming class of 2021 is made up of over 29 percent legacy students, according to The Harvard Crimson. Applicants who have other family members who attended Harvard are three times more likely to get accepted. And who does that benefit? You guessed it: rich white people.