An anti-affirmative action group wants the school to end its policy of giving preference to Native Hawaiians. The school promises a vigorous defense.

A conservative mainland group whose lawsuit against Harvard ended affirmative action in college admissions is now building support in Hawaiʻi to take on Kamehameha Schools’ admission policies that give preference to Native Hawaiian students.

Students for Fair Admissions, based in Virginia, recently launched a website called KamehamehaNotFair.org . The website says that the preference policy “is so strong that it is essentially impossible for a non-Native Hawaiian student to be admitted to Kamehameha.”

“We believe that focus on ancestry, rather than merit or need, is neither fair nor legal, and we are committed to ending Kamehameha’s unla

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