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re: US SC strikes down Harvard and UNC race-based affirmative action programs.

Posted on 6/29/23 at 9:20 am to
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
119468 posts
Posted on 6/29/23 at 9:20 am to
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So is this just specific to those programs or is it essentially precedent for AA as a whole?


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Critically, it does not end *all* race-based affirmative action, but it *severely limits* how universities can consider race in admissions decisions.
Posted by Dire Wolf
bawcomville
Member since Sep 2008
36826 posts
Posted on 6/29/23 at 9:24 am to
damn, there goes everyone's excuse on why they didn't get into med school
This post was edited on 6/29/23 at 9:31 am
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
39217 posts
Posted on 6/29/23 at 9:24 am to
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Chief Justice Roberts' majority opinion states: "Harvard’s and UNC’s admissions programs violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment."
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
96891 posts
Posted on 6/29/23 at 9:26 am to
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Critically, it does not end *all* race-based affirmative action, but it *severely limits* how universities can consider race in admissions decisions.


It opens up the formulas used for a lot of scrutiny.

If it is a points system and race outweighs having a 4.0 GPA and perfect test scores, it is clearly not “severely limited”.
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