In Harvard case, stereotypical descriptions betray the bias

After months of seeming inactivity, the Harvard University admissions lawsuit sprang back into the news on Oct 1.

You may recall that Harvard University was sued in November 2014 by a group of Asian American students. The group, Students for Fair Admissions, said their applications to the university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, had been rejected while students of other ethnicities with lower scores on national tests had been admitted.

The SFFA lawsuit claimed that Harvard discriminates against Asians. It does so by setting a quota on ethnic Asian students it accepts.