美司法部认定耶鲁本科生录取歧视亚裔和白人申请人，校方：我没有

当地时间8月13日，耶鲁大学被司法部指控在本科招生过程中对白人和亚裔美国人存在歧视行为，该行为违反了1964年的美国《人权法案》。

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday accused Yale University of illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants in its undergraduate admissions process in violation of U.S. civil rights law. 

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美国司法部在经过两年的调查后得出结论：亚裔美国人和白人学生“被录取的可能性，是拥有同等学历的非裔美国人的十分之一到四分之一。”

这项调查的起因要追溯到2016年，亚裔教育联盟(AACE)向司法部和教育部控诉耶鲁大学、布朗大学和达特茅斯学院非法歧视亚裔申请人，在录取过程中给予不同对待。两年后，司法部正式对耶鲁展开调查，并于近日得出结果。

司法部表示，如果耶鲁不对其录取流程作出改进，则会面临起诉。

The findings are the result of a two-year investigation in response to a complaint by Asian-American groups concerning Yale's conduct, the department said in a statement.

The department said it was prepared to file a lawsuit against Yale if the school, in New Haven, Connecticut, did not take "remedial measures."

耶鲁校方“坚决否认”了这一项指控，称已经全面配合了调查。而司法部在允许耶鲁提供相关文件之前得出了这一结论。

A Yale spokeswoman said the university "categorically denies" the allegations but has cooperated fully with the investigation. The Justice Department made its findings before allowing Yale to provide requested documents, Yale said.

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday accused Yale University of illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants. /AP

"Had the Department fully received and fairly weighed this information, it would have concluded that Yale's practices absolutely comply with decades of Supreme Court precedent," the spokeswoman said.

司法部表示，虽然高等院校招生时种族是耶鲁一项可以被合法作为参考的因素，但“耶鲁大学对于种族因素的参考超出了限度”。为了实现招生结果的“种族平衡”，耶鲁大学在录取过程的多个步骤中使用种族作为参考，这导致种族因素对申请人录取可能性的影响成倍增加。

The Justice Department said that although race can lawfully be considered in college admissions in limited circumstances, "Yale's use of race is anything but limited."

The elite school "uses race at multiple steps of its admissions process resulting in a multiplied effect of race on an applicant's likelihood of admission," the Justice Department said.

2017年，美国司法部也曾因为同样的原因宣布对哈佛进行调查，支持平权法案反对者对哈佛发起的诉讼。然而去年波士顿的一位地区联邦法官判哈佛胜诉，认为哈佛的招生程序是在确保该校有足够多元化的学生群体。目前，此案正在等待上诉结果。

The Justice Department has previously filed legal briefs in support of a lawsuit, brought by affirmative action opponents, accusing Harvard University of discriminating against Asian Americans.

A federal judge in Boston ruled in favor of Harvard last year, saying the school's affirmative action program advanced a legitimate interest in having a diverse student body.

An appeal of that ruling is pending. The case could eventually reach the Supreme Court.

美国高等教育中的平权行动项目原本旨在解决种族歧视问题，最高法院允许大学在众多因素中考虑申请人的种族，以实现提高生源多样性的目标。然而，有美国保守派人士表示，平权行动在帮助黑人和拉丁裔申请者时，会对白人和亚裔美国人的权益造成伤害。

Affirmative action programs in higher education were meant to address racial discrimination. The Supreme Court has ruled universities may use affirmative action with the aim of helping minority applicants get into college.

U.S. conservatives have said that in helping Black and Latino applicants, affirmative action can hurt white people and Asian Americans.

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