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    The letter warns the dean of the Perelman School of Medicine that racial preferences in admissions and hiring are now illegal based on a recent Supreme Court ruling. It demands that the school immediately announce an end to all forms of preferential treatment based on race, national origin, or sex. The letter also warns that any attempts to circumvent the ruling through proxies or pretexts will be considered illegal and result in lawsuits against the school and responsible employees.

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    The letter warns the dean of the Perelman School of Medicine that racial preferences in admissions and hiring are now illegal based on a recent Supreme Court ruling. It demands that the school immediately announce an end to all forms of preferential treatment based on race, national origin, or sex. The letter also warns that any attempts to circumvent the ruling through proxies or pretexts will be considered illegal and result in lawsuits against the school and responsible employees.

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    RR 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

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