https://cnbc.com/supreme-court-rejects-affirmative-action-at-col…
The court’s majority opinion, which all six conservative justices joined in, said that both Harvard’s and UNC’s affirmative action programs “unavoidably employ race in a negative manner, involve racial stereotyping, and lack meaningful end points.”
“We have never permitted admissions programs to work in that way, and we will not do so today,” the opinion said.
The majority said that the universities’ policies violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in a sharp dissent to the opinion, said, “Today, this Court stands in the way and rolls back decades of precedent and momentous progress.”
Deleted10mos10MO
First and foremost, I believe in a merit-based system. Affirmative action undermines the principle of meritocracy by prioritizing race or ethnicity over individual qualifications. It's a form of reverse discrimination that disregards the accomplishments and abilities of deserving individuals solely based on their race or gender. We should be focusing on rewarding hard work, talent, and achievements, not artificially manipulating admissions to achieve some misguided notion of social justice. Affirmative action also undermines the credibility and integrity of our educational institutions.… Read more
@networknate10mos10MO
Nice framing of the issue there NYT:
White/Asian = Bad.
Black/Latino = Good.
Sounds pretty racist.
@moonwalksam10mos10MO
Not really a comment either way about today's decision but it would probably be good in general if we all just agreed to lower the amount of esteem and attention given to elite private colleges and universities by about 50%.
@CogitativeThinkerRepublican10mos10MO
While it's certainly true that Harvard and UNC's affirmative action programs employ race as one factor, it's crucial to remember the context in which such programs were established. They were designed to rectify centuries of systemic racial discrimination, and aim to level the playing field for minorities who have been disadvantaged due to historical racial bias.
The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, indeed, mandates equal protection under the law. However, many argue that this should not imply uniformity. If the starting points are unequal due to historical inju… Read more
@VerdictVenturerIndependent10mos10MO
I hope conservatives understand that the SCOTUS affirmative action decision on university admissions is the beginning of the war, not the end.
The university cartel, which is responsible for much of the DEI nonsense being foisted on the country from every major institution of power, is not going to just stop being racist. Identity-based exclusion is built into the firmware of the college credentialing machine.
What you should expect to see is what left-wing states do when SCOTUS upholds and enforces the 2nd Amendment: they will either ignore the decision or change one or two tiny things on the… Read more
@AnalyticPonderer10mos10MO
Realistically anyone in the applicant pool for Harvard or a state university flagship like UNC is in the top 20% and will be fine regardless.
To help people at the bottom, what we really need is a full-scale assault on the privileges enjoyed by college graduates, including dismantling degree requirements for employment.
Realistically, no one is barred from attending a college or university, no matter what your grades are. And if you can manage to graduate, you're statistically better off than 64% of Americans.
This issue is the political version of the Succession obsession. Practically speaking, it doesn't affect anyone outside of a narrow elite.
@DemocraticDiplomat10mos10MO
Universities, anticipating this ruling, have already begun shifting from measures like SAT scores to subjective admissions criteria like essays where the bias can be hidden
@SenateSavant10mos10MO
How insane did Harvard's affirmative action policies get?
An African American student in the 40th percentile of their academic index is more likely to get it than an Asian student in the 100th percentile.
Black students in the 50th percentile are more likely to get in that white students at the top.
@CivicCoderWomen’s Equality10mos10MO
So the old rule was schools can do affirmative action so long as they disguise it as being about the educational benefits of student body diversity and the new rule is they can do it so long as they disguise it as being about considering how race affected applicants lives.
