UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine intentionally used race for the last three years to discriminate against applicants during admissions — in particular white and Asian American candidates — according to U.S. Department of Justice allegations released Wednesday.
In a seven-page letter, the agency’s Civil Rights Division wrote that the medical school “continues to intentionally discriminate against applicants based on their race after the Supreme Court’s decision in Harvard by granting and denying admission on the basis of race.” {snip}
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The department alleged that UCLA leadership “intentionally selected applicants based on their race” and adhered to “the dubious contention that patients receive the best care when treated by a doctor of the same race.” It also said that admitted Black and Latino applicants had, on average, lower median Medical College Admission Test scores and grade-point averages than admitted white and Asian American applicants.
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Last August, the Justice Department demanded a $1.2-billion settlement from UCLA after suspending $584 million in research grants to the campus for alleged federal law violations for using race in admissions, recognizing transgender women by their gender identity and not responding adequately to complaints of anti-Jewish incidents during a 2024 pro-Palestinian encampment. In September, U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin ordered the grants be restored.
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The letter to UCLA cited internal emails, training materials and a UCLA “guiding principles” memo that, according to the Justice Department, instructed committee chairs to ensure representation of applicants who “identify as BIPOC.” The acronym stands for “Black, Indigenous and people of color.” Investigators also alleged that Jennifer Lucero, the medical school’s associate dean of admissions, “used intimidation and shaming tactics to pressure the admissions committee to unlawfully consider race.”
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