Good news on the 1st day of the Lunar New Year

Possibly Achieving Equal Opportunity 2 Yrs Earlier!                                                                           The Good News                                     Please enjoy this message from Mr. Ed Blum, shown below.         "Prof. Woo,          Harvard did not move to dismiss; instead they answered our           complaint. This is incredible---we have breached the walls.           This will cut 2 years off of the litigation.   . . (emphasis added)                                                                         Edward Blum"      To me, cutting 2 years off of the litigation could mean that our  college students may enjoy their equal opportunity in entering the  best of the US colleges two years earlier!                                                                                   Edward Blum       Ed. Blum is the person who brought the "Fisher vs. Univ. of Texas" which resulted in a Supreme Court ruling that US courts  must apply "strict scrutiny".  That is, in deciding whether a  universities may be permitted to apply"race preference" admissions,  the courts must take a harder look if other alternatives are available  to achieve diversity.        The above gain in legal ruling then led to a law suit from "Students For Fair Admissions,"  against Harvard and U. of N. Carolina, against  supported by Ed Blum.  Those 2 universities seemed to be the most  vulnerable  to charges of having violated the "strict scrutiny" standard.           The early legal consensus was that Harvard would likely buy time  by moving to "dismiss" the law suit in the District Court level and win  the judgment.  This will then be appealed to the Circuit Court and  eventually to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court will likely reverse  the ruling of the lower courts and find for "Students For Fair Admissions"  -- 2 years of litigation.   After that, the law suit against Harvard will  FINALLY be argued at the District Court level, as it has actually already  happened today.                   Who Are Fighting   for the Equal Opportunity of                                  AsAm College Applicants?            Ed Blum, his financial backers and his lawyers are fighting at the  forefront!       Who are fighting in the AsAm community?  Who else but 80-20, as  the only AsAm national organization.   Most other national AsAm orgs  are on the other side!  What a shame!         What are our rich individuals doing for our children?   Worse than  nothing!   We only know of those who have donated tens of millions to  Harvard to get their names on a building and newspapers!  Not a single  one has given even one million to help Ed Blum or 80-20 fight the  discrimination against us.   What a shame!                        Step by Step We Will Strengthen Ourselves!      80-20 has tried tirelessly for 16 years to help strengthen the AsAm  community.  HELP us continue our trajectory!                                              Donating to SELF till it hurts. S.B. Woo, a volunteer President, 80-20 Asian Am. National Educational Foundation www.80-20EF.org Help us spread the word, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter ! PS:  Manlan Liu was elected the Secretary of the Board of Donors!         Those Board members are hard at work & help raising money for SELF.       80-20 Mission Statement Frequently Asked Questions 80-20's Top 10 Accomplishment, published 3 years ago.