![]() Those states with bans on considering race in admissions at public institutions include Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma and Washington state.Ĭhristina Huang, co-lead of UNC for Affirmative Action, called out the notion that higher education should take a colorblind approach to admitting applicants. In 2014, the Supreme Court ruled that “tates may choose to prohibit the consideration of racial preferences in governmental decisions.” ![]() ![]() This is not the first challenge to affirmative action in college admissions. Sumi Cho, director of strategic initiatives at the African American Policy Forum, which is a social justice think tank in New York, said that “affirmative action is not about providing special assistance for those harmed by racism, but about clearing away the obstacles and systemic barriers that lie in their path.” “We are standing together so that every single one of us, Asian and Black, Latino and white, Native American, people with disabilities, every single one of us gets to be looked at for admissions as the whole people we are, as the whole people we are because that is what we are talking about today,” she said. Maya Wiley, president and CEO at The Leadership Conference Education Fund, which organized the event, said it’s important for all communities of color to stand together to support affirmative action. They focused on the unity between communities of color and discussed how race cannot be separated from someone’s life story and should be taken into consideration in the admissions process. Many of the speakers outside the court criticized Blum. SFFA is backed by Edward Blum, a conservative activist who for decades has launched dozens of lawsuits challenging race-based laws such as affirmative action and voting rights. The UNC case argues that the university’s consideration of race in its admissions process violates the Constitution and discriminates against white and Asian American applicants by giving preference to Black, Native American or Latino applicants.īoth universities have argued that the use of affirmative action in admissions has helped the institutions provide equitable opportunities for Black, Latino, and other students of color who may have not had the same educational opportunities as their white peers due to systemic racism. The Harvard case argues that Asian American students are less likely to be admitted to Harvard than white, Black or Latino applicants. The two cases, brought by Students for Fair Admissions, challenge the admission process that considers race as a factor when admitting students at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, arguing that Asian American students have suffered discrimination in those admissions processes. “It’s not a secret that if you eliminated race conscious policies, it would further diminish the number of students of color on college campuses, particularly women of color in higher education,” Fatima Goss Graves, the president and chief executive officer of the National Women’s Law Center, said outside the court.Ī conservative 6-3 majority could overturn court precedents on affirmative action. Supreme Court while justices considered two cases that could reshape the college admissions process. ![]() WASHINGTON - The onset of rain did not deter students and supporters of affirmative action from protesting Monday morning outside the U.S.
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