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Washington ExaminerRR July 6, 2023
Dean J. Larry Jameson, M.D., Ph.D.
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
Bldg 421 6th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Dear Dean Jameson:
Last week, the Supreme Court declared racial preferences illegal in higher
education. I write to inform you of the consequences that you and your
institution will face if you fail to comply with or attempt to circumvent the
Court’s ruling.
It is unlawful for the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of
Pennsylvania to flout the Constitution and the unambiguous command of Title
VI by admitting students with lower MCAT scores and academic credentials
than those demanded of others based on their race, sex, or national origin. It
is unlawful for your school to violate Title VI, Title VII, and Title IX in its
faculty hiring by discriminating in favor of female and minority faculty
candidates at the expense of others. It is unlawful for your school to give
discriminatory preferences to women and minorities in residency assignments
or any other aspect of medical training.
Therefore, you must immediately announce the termination of all forms of
race, national origin, and sex preferences in student admissions and faculty
hiring. And you must, before the start of the next academic school year,
announce an official policy prohibiting all preferential treatment based on
race, national origin, or sex.
There are those within and outside your institution who will tell you that you
can develop an admissions scheme preserving your existing system of
discrimination against white men and Asians through pretext or proxy.
See, e.g., Stephanie Saul, With End of Affirmative Action, a Push for a New
Tool: Adversity Scores, New York Times (July 2, 2023), available at
nyti.ms/3Xy1eVL. Anyone telling you such a thing is coaching you to engage in
illegal conduct, lawbreaking in which you would be fully complicit and thus
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fully liable. And any employees at your institution participating in these
discriminatory schemes will be sued for damages under Title VI or 42 U.S.C.
§ 1983.
You are hereby warned.
As you may know, America First Legal is a charitable nonprofit and civil rights
organization that provides free legal services to victims of unlawful
discrimination. Please be advised that we will ensure that every faculty
member, staff member, student, and applicant for admission can communicate
with us about any efforts to use underhanded race, national origin, and sex
preferences. We will use any information obtained to ensure accountability by
representing the victims of these policies and by suing any medical school
practicing illegal discrimination.
Sincerely,
Stephen Miller
President
America First Legal
cc: Neha Vapiwala, M.D., Admissions
Wendy S. White, Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Members of the Faculty
