The_AT0 particulars_NN2 concern_NN1 whether_CJS Harvard_NP0 discriminates_VVZ against_PRP Asian-Americans_NN2 in_PRP its_DPS admissions_NN2 decisions_NN2 ._SENT Harvard_NP0 won_VVD in_PRP the_AT0 lower_AJC courts_NN2 but_CJC the_AT0 Asian-American_AJ0 plaintiffs_NN2 have_VHB appealed_VVN to_PRP the_AT0 High_AJ0 Court_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 larger_AJC stakes_NN2 are_VBB whether_CJS the_AT0 Supreme_AJ0 Court_NN1 will_VM0 wink_VVI as_CJS America_NP0 divides_VVZ in_PRP ways_NN2 that_CJT have_VHB proved_VVN so_AV0 destructive_AJ0 in_PRP the_AT0 past_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 temptation_NN1 will_VM0 be_VBI for_PRP the_AT0 Justices_NN2 to_TO0 give_VVI Harvard_NP0 a_AT0 pass_NN1 given_VVN its_DPS contentious_AJ0 subject_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 High_AJ0 Court_NN1 has_VHZ already_AV0 taken_VVN cases_NN2 on_PRP gun_NN1 rights_NN2 and_CJC abortion_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 next_ORD term_NN1 starting_VVG in_PRP the_AT0 autumn_NN1 ._SENT And_CJC you_PNP can_VM0 imagine_VVI the_AT0 reluctance_NN1 to_TO0 add_VVI the_AT0 combustible_AJ0 issue_NN1 of_PRF race_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 docket_NN1 ._SENT This_DT0 would_VM0 be_VBI a_AT0 mistake_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC not_XX0 only_AV0 on_PRP the_AT0 merits_NN2 of_PRF this_DT0 case_NN1 ._SENT As_CJS Justice_NP0 Clarence_NP0 Thomas_NP0 pointed_VVD out_AVP in_PRP 2018_CRD when_AVQ the_AT0 Court_NN1 passed_VVN on_PRP Kansas_NP0 and_CJC Louisiana_NP0 laws_NN2 involving_VVG Medicaid_NP0 funds_NN2 for_PRP Planned_AJ0 Parenthood_NN1 clinics_NN2 ,_PUN Supreme_AJ0 Court_NN1 Justices_NN2 are_VBB given_VVN lifetime_NN1 tenure_NN1 precisely_AV0 so_AV0 that_CJT a_AT0 "_PUQ politically_AV0 fraught_AJ0 issue_NN1 "_PUQ will_VM0 not_XX0 prevent_VVI them_PNP from_PRP applying_VVG the_AT0 law_NN1 neutrally_AV0 ._SENT This_DT0 is_VBZ what_DTQ is_VBZ at_PRP stake_NN1 in_PRP Harvard_NP0 ._SENT In_PRP America_NP0 today_AV0 the_AT0 principle_NN1 that_CJT drove_VVD the_AT0 civil-rights_NN2 movement_NN1 —_PUN equality_NN1 for_PRP all_DT0 —_PUN is_VBZ fast_AV0 giving_VVG way_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 view_NN1 that_CJT race_NN1 must_VM0 be_VBI a_AT0 dominant_AJ0 factor_NN1 in_PRP every_AT0 decision_NN1 from_PRP college_NN1 admission_NN1 to_PRP eligibility_NN1 for_PRP a_AT0 federal_AJ0 farm_NN1 program_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 makeup_NN1 of_PRF corporate_AJ0 boards_NN2 to_PRP who_PNQ gets_VVZ priority_NN1 for_PRP a_AT0 Covid_NP0 vaccine_NN1 ._SENT Harvard_NP0 's_POS claim_NN1 that_CJT it_PNP does_VDZ n't_XX0 discriminate_VVI against_PRP Asian-Americans_NN2 is_VBZ self-evidently_AV0 false_AJ0 ._SENT In_PRP the_AT0 name_NN1 of_PRF diversity_NN1 ,_PUN it_PNP favors_VVZ blacks_NN2 and_CJC Hispanics_NN2 for_PRP admission_NN1 while_CJS pretending_VVG that_CJT this_DT0 wo_VM0 n't_XX0 penalize_VVI applicants_NN2 whose_DTQ race_NN1 is_VBZ unfavored_AJ0 ._SENT The_AT0 discrimination_NN1 manifests_VVZ itself_PNX in_PRP the_AT0 much_AV0 higher_AJC SAT_VVD scores_NN2 required_VVN of_PRF Asian-Americans_NN2 ,_PUN as_CJS well_AV0 as_CJS a_AT0 subjective_AJ0 personality_NN1 rating_NN1 system_NN1 that_CJT consistently_AV0 assigns_VVZ Asian-Americans_NN2 far_AV0 lower_AJC scores_NN2 ._SENT It_PNP is_VBZ true_AJ0 that_CJT the_AT0 racial_AJ0 discrimination_NN1 alleged_VVN in_PRP Harvard_NP0 is_VBZ n't_XX0 the_AT0 same_DT0 as_CJS that_DT0 of_PRF the_AT0 Jim_NP0 Crow_NP0 South_NP0 ._SENT In_PRP that_DT0 era_NN1 federal_AJ0 government_NN1 intervention_NN1 was_VBD required_VVN to_TO0 break_VVI the_AT0 state-enforced_AJ0 discrimination_NN1 against_PRP black_AJ0 Americans_NN2 ._SENT Race_NN1 preferences_NN2 were_VBD rooted_VVN then_AV0 in_PRP the_AT0 false_AJ0 claim_NN1 of_PRF African-American_AJ0 inferiority_NN1 ._SENT No_AT0 one_PNI thinks_VVZ Harvard_NP0 is_VBZ discriminating_AJ0 because_CJS of_PRF animosity_NN1 toward_PRP Asian-Americans_NN2 ,_PUN much_AV0 less_AV0 because_CJS it_PNP believes_VVZ they_PNP are_VBB inferior_AJ0 ._SENT But_CJC it_PNP is_VBZ no_AT0 less_AV0 ugly_AJ0 when_CJS ,_PUN say_VVB ,_PUN a_AT0 talented_AJ0 Chinese-American_AJ0 young_AJ0 woman_NN1 is_VBZ denied_VVN an_AT0 equal_AJ0 shot_NN1 at_PRP Harvard_NP0 because_CJS of_PRF her_DPS skin_NN1 color_NN1 —_PUN and_CJC told_VVD she_PNP must_VM0 accept_VVI this_DT0 in_PRP the_AT0 name_NN1 of_PRF diversity_NN1 or_CJC to_TO0 correct_VVI for_PRP some_DT0 historic_AJ0 wrong_NN1 she_PNP had_VHD no_AT0 part_NN1 in_AVP ._SENT The_AT0 Supreme_AJ0 Court_NN1 should_VM0 address_VVI this_DT0 —_PUN not_XX0 least_AV0 because_CJS of_PRF its_DPS own_DT0 role_NN1 in_PRP allowing_VVG this_DT0 allocation_NN1 by_PRP race_NN1 ._SENT 
