Betty Hung – Black Commentator

Betty Hung

Betty Hung is a civil rights attorney in Los Angeles. She is a 1993 graduate of Harvard College and a 1997 graduate of Yale Law School, where she directly benefited from affirmative action admissions policies. Betty is the former policy director at Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles, a civil rights organization, and a former board chair of a rape crisis center.

Guest Commentary

Affirmative Action as Counterweight to Privilege and Elitism

By Betty Hung Guest Commentator

As we head into an epic battle over affirmative action in university admissions, it is crucial that people who opposed Kavanaugh’s confirmation understand why they also have a stake in the affirmative action fight.

The naked and brutal exercise of power by Republicans in the battle to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is a travesty, but unfortunately not…

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