The Justice Department is now accusing Yale School of Medicine of discriminating against White and Asian applicants in the name of maintaining racial diversity. The case has reignited the national fight over affirmative action two years after the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions in higher education.

But beneath the legal arguments lies a more uncomfortable truth: Elite universities do not trust black excellence nearly as much as they claim to.

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