{"id":2606223,"date":"2026-05-23T12:54:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-medical-school-discriminated-against-whites-and-asians-in-admissions-process-justice-department-says\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T12:58:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:58:26","slug":"major-medical-school-discriminated-against-whites-and-asians-in-admissions-process-justice-department-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-medical-school-discriminated-against-whites-and-asians-in-admissions-process-justice-department-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Medical School Discriminated Against Whites and Asians in Admissions Process, Justice Department Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmajor-medical-school-discriminated-against-whites-and-asians-in-admissions-process-justice-department-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2606223&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. Justice Department says it concluded a yearlong investigation into UCLA\u2019s David geffen School of Medicine and found that race was used in admissions decisions. According too the department, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-electric-bills-soar-some-up-to-10000-as-deep-freeze-begins-to-wane\/\" title=\"Texas Electric Bills Soar, Some Up To ,000, As Deep Freeze Begins To Wane\">documents reviewed<\/a> by its Civil Rights Division indicate UCLA used race in ways that the government says conflict with legal limits on race-conscious admissions. <\/p>\n<p>The DOJ argues this approach disadvantaged some white and Asian applicants, while allowing black and Hispanic applicants with lower stated academic metrics to be admitted. The department also cites UCLA\u2019s data on incoming students, including differences in average MCAT scores and GPAs across racial groups. <\/p>\n<p>UCLA leadership and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/waukesha-parade-attack-suspect-to-use-insanity-defense\/\" title=\"Waukesha Parade Attack Suspect To Use Insanity Defense\">related media coverage<\/a> are referenced through claims that the school used race despite the Supreme Court\u2019s Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard decision. DOJ officials say the admissions process violated federal law and emphasize that racism in admissions is illegal, while <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >noting medical schools receive considerable federal financial assistance<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department announced the conclusion of a one-year investigation into the University of California at Los Angeles\u2019 David Geffen School of Medicine, finding that race was used as a factor in selecting students for admission.<\/p>\n<p>The agency\u2019s Civil Rights Division reviewed documents showing that \u201cUCLA adheres to the dubious contention that patients receive the best care when treated by a doctor of the same race, rather than by the most qualified,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-cdca\/pr\/justice-department-investigation-determines-uclas-medical-school-discriminated-based\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> from the Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, black and Hispanic students with \u201cconsistently lower academic qualifications\u201d were admitted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/while-other-countries-strike-the-brakes-on-transitioning-kids-america-is-hitting-the-gas\/\" title=\"While Other Countries Strike The Brakes On Transitioning Kids, America Is Hitting the Gas\">prestigious medical school<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The race-driven admissions policy thereby disadvantaged white and Asian applicants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedical schools use substantial federal financial assistance to train the next generation of doctors,\u201d the Justice Department noted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Applying to UCLA Medical School or recently rejected?<\/p>\n<p>UCLA has been caught using race to make decisions about who gets admitted and Do No Harm has filed a class action lawsuit to get to the bottom of it. Those that join the lawsuit can do so anonymously.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a white,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x7wO3k4VD5\">pic.twitter.com\/x7wO3k4VD5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Do No Harm (@donoharm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/donoharm\/status\/2052150458526159103?\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Department is continuing its focus on eradicating illegal race politics from admissions at medical schools, where quality and excellence are vitally important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division said in a statement that \u201cUCLA\u2019s admissions process has been focused on racial demographics at the expense of merit and excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their consideration of race in a manner that outweighed merit allowed \u201cracial politics to distract the school from the vital work of training great doctors,\u201d Dhillon added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRacism in admissions is both illegal and anti-American, and this Department will not allow it to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/crt\/media\/1439581\/dl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">communication<\/a> from the Justice Department contended that UCLA violated the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard.<\/p>\n<p>The landmark decision concluded that race-based affirmative action violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department communication said that \u201cinternal policies, publicly distributed literature, and  correspondence\u201d from the leadership of the David Geffen School of Medicine demonstrated \u201cintent to use race in admissions decisions despite the Harvard ruling.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A Department of Justice investigation into UCLA\u2019s highly selective medical school\u2014sparked by a Free Beacon report\u2014found that the school is unlawfully discriminating based on race in its admission process, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronsibarium?\">@aaronsibarium<\/a> writes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2bINPtYbzf\">pic.twitter.com\/2bINPtYbzf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeBeacon\/status\/2052410533509206223?\">May 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>UCLA produced data showing the average GPA and MCAT scores of incoming students based on race.<\/p>\n<p>While the average black or Hispanic student had an MCAT score of 507, the typical white or Asian student had an MCAT score of 514.<\/p>\n<p>The average Asian student\u2019s GPA was 3.81, but the average Hispanic student\u2019s GPA was 3.55.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-of-appeals-in-swing-states-drop-major-ruling-hurting-kamala-harris-chances-against-trump\/\" title=\"Court of Appeals in Swing States Drop Major Ruling, Hurting Kamala Harris&#039; Chances Against Trump\">highly engaged readers<\/a>, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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