Students from communities of color who are victims of discrimination are suing Harvard and the University of North Carolina through the Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) association.
The SFFA represents students who have been rejected by universities and who feel they have been victims of discrimination due to admissions policies.
SSFA has sued Harvard and the University of North Carolina because their admissions take race into account in the application process and has alleged that Harvard is violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by discriminating against the Asian-American population, however none of the victims have testified.
The association has also asked the Supreme Court to overturn Grutter v. Bollinger, which allowed the University of Michigan Law School to take race into account in admissions in an effort to achieve greater diversity.
And it is that both Harvard and the University of North Carolina have argued that racial criteria are used to increase diversity on their campuses.