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The Trump administration said Wednesday it has uncovered evidence that UCLA\u2018s David Geffen School of Medicine engaged in discrimination by intentionally selecting applicants for admission based on their race rather than academic qualifications.<\/p>\n

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In a seven-page letter, the U.S. Department of Justice\u2019s Civil Rights Division wrote that the medical school \u201ccontinues to intentionally discriminate against applicants based on their race after the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Harvard by granting and denying admission on the basis of race.\u201d<\/p>\n

A UCLA medical school spokesperson disputed the DOJ\u2019s allegations in a statement shared with City News Service.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe admissions process at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is based on merit and grounded in a rigorous, comprehensive review of each applicant,\u201d according to the spokesperson. \u201cWe are confident in our practices and our mission to maintain access to a high-quality education to all qualified students. We are carefully reviewing the Department of Justice\u2019s report. The David Geffen School of Medicine is committed to providing equal opportunity to all applicants and fully complying with federal and state laws.\u201d<\/p>\n

Documents reviewed by the DOJ appear to show that UCLA adheres to the contention that patients receive the best care when treated by a doctor of the same race, rather than by the most qualified, according to Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the DOJ\u2019s Civil Rights Division.<\/p>\n

\u201cUCLA\u2019s admissions process has been focused on racial demographics at the expense of merit and excellence \u2014 allowing racial politics to distract the school from the vital work of training great doctors,\u201d Dhillon said in a statement. \u201cRacism in admissions is both illegal and anti-American, and this department will not allow it to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n

DOJ officials said the department\u2019s year-long probe showed that, on average, the medical school admitted black and Hispanic applicants with \u201cconsistently lower academic qualifications than their white and Asian counterparts.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dhillon said the assertion supports the finding that UCLA violated the law by \u201cintentionally discriminating based on race\u201d in its admissions selections.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFederal law and the Supreme Court precedent are clear: Race discrimination has no place in our nation\u2019s institutions of higher learning,\u201d First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said. \u201cThe pattern of illegal and odious conduct by UCLA\u2019s medical school is abhorrent to our Constitution and our nation\u2019s founding principles.\u201d<\/p>\n

In January, the DOJ sought to join a lawsuit accusing the UCLA Medical School of engaging in racial discrimination in its admissions process.<\/p>\n

The proposed class-action suit filed in Santa Ana by Virginia-based Do No Harm against the medical school contends that the university continues to practice \u201crace-conscious\u201d admissions under the guise of \u201cholistic admissions\u201d and ignores federal law by discriminating against applicants on the basis of race.<\/p>\n

A 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling determined that diversity programs for college admissions are unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

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In its 17-page motion to intervene, the DOJ wrote that the use of racial preferences in admissions can cause \u201cdisastrous outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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DOJ officials said its probe showed that, on average, the medical school admitted black and Hispanic applicants with “consistently lower academic qualifications than their white and Asian counterparts.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-verified-news"],"yoast_head":"\nJustice Department alleges UCLA medical school illegally used race in admissions - Silicon Valley Moving Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=1939\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Justice Department alleges UCLA medical school illegally used race in admissions - 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