That’s the title of a superb piece in today’s Wall Street Journal. Author Charles Johnson exposes the political hypocrisy of members of Congress and specifically Rep. Judy Chu, who call for an expression of political regret over the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, but who support the push for “diversity” that keeps many Chinese (and other students of Asian ancestry) out of their top-pick colleges because of the supposed need to have more “representatives” of other (which is to say, more politically powerful) minority groups.

The mania for “diversity” merely shuffles some students around, putting some academically weaker and less motivated students who have the favored ancestry or family circumstances into top schools, while keeping other students, academically stronger and more motivated but whose ancestry or circumstances are not favored, out. It doesn’t accomplish what the diversity advocates claim, namely some magical bridging of a supposed cultural divide. In fact, it’s more likely to make matters worse rather than better. And the results of mixing in substantial numbers of weaker students has a bad effect on academic standards. We’ve created a lose-lose situation just so college officials can bask in the feeling that they’re doing something to advance social justice.