Aaron Sibarium reviews for the Free Beacon:
“All candidates will probably be required to submit a brief video, now not than 90 seconds, addressing a query chosen at random,” the college’s admissions web page mentioned Monday morning. “The video assertion will enable candidates to offer the Admissions Committee with extra perception into their private strengths.”
Critics slammed the transfer as a thinly veiled try to defy the Supreme Court docket’s ruling and apply affirmative motion by different means, utilizing look as a proxy for race. Columbia’s determination “has all of the hallmarks of a willful effort to evade the necessities of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act,” mentioned Edward Blum, the founding father of College students for Truthful Admissions, the plaintiffs within the June case that outlawed affirmative motion. “What’s a 90-second video speculated to legitimately convey {that a} written assertion couldn’t?”
Reached for remark by the Washington Free Beacon, nevertheless, a spokesman for the legislation faculty mentioned it had all been a misunderstanding and, by 6:00 PM Monday night, Columbia had scrubbed the language from its web site.
