From WSJopinion: Stanford University formally apologized for discriminating against Jewish applicants in the mid-20th century. Will Harvard have to apologize to Asian-Americans in 70 years?
Wonder Land: With its handling of the Southern border, Team Biden demolished the Democrats’ moral high ground on immigration, creating an opening for the GOP. Images: AP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyIt’s a little late—70 years or so—but Stanford University formally apologized this week for discriminating against Jewish applicants in the mid-20th century. Like all such apologies for things done by people long since dead, it is a cost-free gesture.
The report from the advisory task force on the history of Jewish admissions and experience at Stanford makes for interesting reading. It states that—after extensive investigation—it found evidence “of actions taken to suppress the number of Jewish students admitted to Stanford during the early 1950s.” It also found that “members of the Stanford administration regularly misled parents” and others who “raised concerns about those actions.
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