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How a Gorsuch LGBT Ruling May Doom Affirmative Action in College Admissions

The link between Bostock v. Clayton County and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina

Reason · Nov 21, 2022

Harvard, Asian Americans and Jews

Conservatives have embraced the argument that Asian Americans are "the new Jews." Their true goal is no mystery

Salon · Nov 19, 2022

Those Asian Americans fighting to trash affirmative action are sorely misguided

I can understand the disappointment of teenagers who toil away in high school only to be rejected by their dream colleges. What I can’t comprehend is the Asian American contingent who’ve joined forces with the right-wing legal strategist Edward Blum to dismantle affirmative action.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 19, 2022

Tell the Supreme Court: We still need affirmative action

Some conservatives would like to retire affirmative action because they claim it’s accomplished everything it set out to do. But it hasn’t. Not even close.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 7, 2022

What is affirmative action, anyway? 4 essential reads

Race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions could soon be a thing of the past. At least that’s the impression many observers got after listening to oral arguments about the practice before the U.S Supreme Court.

The Conversation · Nov 7, 2022

Mend affirmative action, don’t end it

University professors are far from being the mirror image of the 21st century ethnic and racial demographics of our society and of the students we all teach.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 6, 2022

Supreme Court affirmative action debate captures Asian American fear of bias in admissions

LOS ANGELES — Kenji Horigome’s college application featured a 4.2 GPA, challenging coursework and a compelling narrative of losing his father as a boy and struggling to make ends meet with his single mother, a low-wage Koreatown restaurant worker. But he didn’t bother to apply to Harvard or Yale.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 4, 2022

An unusual argument for affirmative action: national security

WASHINGTON — The conservative-controlled Supreme Court appears ready to curtail the use of race in college admissions. But the federal government has offered an unexpected defense of the practice: national security.

Tribune News Service · Nov 2, 2022

A Remarkable Moment at Oral Argument in the UNC Affirmative Action Case

Counsel for UNC did not know which box students of Middle Eastern Origin are supposed to check.

Reason · Nov 2, 2022

An unusual argument for affirmative action: national security - Roll Call

An affirmative action case before the Supreme Court could have lasting implications for diversity in the military.

Roll Call · Nov 2, 2022