Smithsonian’s Latino museum settles with affirmative action foe

The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Latino has promised to make it clear that its undergraduate internship is open to all ethnicities — not only Latino students — after the museum was sued last month by a prominent affirmative action opponent who accused the program of “pro-Latino discrimination.”

In a settlement agreement filed Tuesday, the Smithsonian agreed to add a statement to its application that the internship is “equally open to students of all races and ethnicities” and that officials “should not give preference or restrict selection based on race or ethnicity.”