The SFFA v. Harvard Trojan Horse Admissions Lawsuit
West-Faulcon, Kimberly
Abstract
Affirmative-action-hostile admissions lawsuits are modern Trojan horses. The SFFA v. Harvard/UNC case—Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina, et. al., decided jointly—is the most effective Trojan horse admissions lawsuit to date. Constructed to have the distractingly appealing exterior façade of a lawsuit seeking greater fairness in college admissions, the SFFA v. Harvard/UNC case is best understood as a deception-driven battle tactic used by forces waging a multi-decade war against the major legislative victories of America’s Civil Rights Movement, specifically Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Although the Court’s ruling in SFFA v. Harvard/UNC did not accomplish the legal goal of making race affirmative action categorically unconstitutional, the case conceals and perpetuates a moral falsehood with the ideological power to destroy race-inclusion-focused civil rights laws.