Are Ivy League schools discriminatory toward Asian American college applicants?

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CAMBRIDGE, MA - MAY 30: General atmosphere at 2013 Harvard University 362nd Commencement Exercises at Harvard University on May 30, 2013 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images) — General atmosphere at 2013 Harvard University's 362nd Commencement Exercises at Harvard University on May 30, 2013 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

In 2014, a lawsuit was filed by a group representing some Asian Americans who claim that Harvard University unfairly disadvantages Asian American college applicants.

Last week, the group behind the suit - Student for Fair Admissions - sought to have Harvard’s admissions data released to the public, which it claimed would prove irrefutably that the school’s admissions process discriminates against Asian Americans.

AirTalk debates the topic.

Guests:

Anemona Hartocollis, reporter for the New York Times, who covered the story; she tweets

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Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow in constitutional studies at the libertarian Cato Institute and editor-in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review; he tweets from

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Paul Watanabe, Ph.D., professor of political science and director at the Institute for Asian American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston