The Latest Breaking News from Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action Is Racist and Therefore Wrong

If activists want to help young people, they should start before college.

Reason · Jul 12, 2023

‘A taste of victory’: galvanized by US supreme court, far right turns to ‘legal vigilantism’

Experts point to a new, lawsuit-threatening brand of rightwing activism in the wake of recent supreme court decisions

The Guardian - US · Jul 10, 2023

France has been laissez-faire on race, the US proactive. Clearly, neither of them has it right

In America, the supreme court has struck down affirmative action; the French have been rocked by riots. Why can’t we solve racial inequality?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2023

Voters Decided 10 Affirmative Action-related Ballot Measures Since 1996

Voters decided 10 affirmative action-related ballot measures since 1996, opposing the practice eight times, & supporting it twice.

Zenger · Jul 7, 2023

Affirmative action lasted over 50 years: 3 essential reads explaining how it ended

Ever since U.S. President Lyndon Johnson enacted affirmative action in 1965, white conservatives have challenged the use of race in college admissions.

The Conversation · Jul 7, 2023

America still has a race problem, but affirmative action isn’t the solution

If the Supreme Court’s recent decision has the effect of focusing on the broken pipeline of K-12 education, it will have done far more for disadvantaged students than any racial preference program

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 7, 2023

Who will entitled white people blame now

The Supreme Court just took away a major grievance supply for white Americans who believe they're victims of racism

Salon · Jul 7, 2023

High-stakes, high-stress college essay stirs more anxiety under affirmative action ban

Olivia Brandeis had a vision for her college application essay: She would write about covering a racist incident as a student journalist of color at Monte Vista High School in Danville, California, a majority-white city east of Oakland. But last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down race-based affirmative action…

Los Angeles Times · Jul 7, 2023

Editorial: The stupid sons of rich men: Colleges must end the unfair practice of legacy admissions

Thursday, after the U.S. Supreme Court knocked down affirmative action in higher education admissions in a case against Harvard University, President Joe Biden took aim at the old boys network of giving a boost to the kids of alumni, saying “Today, I’m directing the Department of Education to analyze what…

Tribune News Service · Jul 7, 2023

Justice Kagan: Affirmative Action Suggests that Beneficiaries Could Not be Accepted Based on Merit Alone

OK, she said it in 2006 as a dean, not a Justice, and about women and law review membership at Harvard, not SFFA and minority admissions, but I would be interested in knowing why she has expressed this concern about women, but not URMs. Relatedly, my former colleague (now DC…

Reason · Jul 7, 2023