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Private school for Native Hawaiians defends admissions policy from conservative attack
['David Snelling', 'Associated Press', 'S. Florida Times', 'Mohamed Hamaludin', 'Staff Report']
South Florida Times
Kamehameha Schools gives admissions preference to the Indigenous people of Hawaii, with a caveat: “to the extent permitted by law."
Students for Fair Admissions, led by Edward Blum, a leading opponent of affirmative action, set up a website this month vowing to challenge Kamehameha’s admissions policy in court.
The Native Hawaiian community struggles with higher rates of poverty and incarceration, so Hawaiian children may have educational disadvantages.
When she died in 1884, her will directed the establishment of schools that give preference to Native Hawaiians.
“We anticipated that our nearly 140year-old admissions policy, providing preference to Native Hawaiian children, would again be challenged," Kamehameha trustees said in a statement.
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