The University of North Carolina (UNC) Asian American Students Association (AASA) voted to sign an amicus brief that backs UNC in its case against Student for Fair Admissions (SFFA), reports The Daily Tar Heel.
The SFFA is a nonprofit group of more than 20,000 students, parents and others who believe that race-conscious admission policies are unfair, unnecessary and unconstitutional, according to the group’s website.
UNC is one of three defendants in a series of lawsuits from the SFFA, the others being Harvard University and University of Texas at Austin, reports Politico. The SFFA has argued that affirmative action harms Asian American students, according to The Washington Post.
AASA voted to sign the brief, which aims to assist the court by providing additional information and arguments about the case.
“There is this idea that affirmative action hurts Asian Americans,” said junior and AASA member Daniel Kang. “I think it’s pretty powerful when Asian Americans stand in solidarity with other underrepresented minority groups to basically affirm the fact that there is historic and systematic racism, and that we do stand in solidarity with them.”
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