Jackson sought to show that race-based admissions are a matter of life and death for racial minorities, and her dissenting opinion in the Supreme Court’s ruling on Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard cited an example. The law firm apparently responsible for the misleading statement sought to “clarify” the claim on Friday.
Seeking to show that considering race in admissions was fair and realizes equality, Jackson argued in her dissent that diversity “saves lives” and is essential for “marginalized communities.” She asserted that diversity is for the “betterment” of students and society at large beyond college campuses.
“For high-risk Black newborns, having a Black physician more than doubles the likelihood that the baby will live, and not die,” Jackson wrote as one example.
That claim came from an amicus brief filed by lawyers representing an association of medical colleges.Â
The brief stated that for “high-risk Black newborns, having a Black physician is tantamount to a miracle drug; it more than doubles the likelihood that the baby will live,” citing as support a 2020 study that examined mortality rates in Florida newborns between 1992 and 2015.Â
In a letter Friday filed to the Supreme Court docket, Norton Rose Fulbright wrote that the argument cited by Jackson in her opinion “warrants clarification” and sought to clear up any “confusion.”
“The principal cited finding of the [study] was that the mortality rate for Black newborns, as compared to White newborns, decreased by more than half when under the supervision of Black physician,” the law firm’s letter said.
“In absolute terms, this study found that patient-physician racial concordance led to a reduction in health inequity.“
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