Politics Supreme Court prohibits consideration of race in college admissions

In other words, favor white males from wealthy families

 

SMH

 

Actually it was Asian-Americans who were suing about this kind of thing.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/harvard-asian-enrollment-applicants.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-...american-students-black-latino-admi-rcna77923

Harvard University admitted a record number of Asian American students to its class of 2027, a move experts are wary of celebrating given the drop in admissions of most other minority groups. It comes as the Supreme Court continues deliberations on a lawsuit brought against Harvard by a right-wing group that alleges race-conscious admissions discriminate against white and Asian students.

In a breakdown of the incoming class released by the university last week, Harvard revealed that 29.9% of admitted applicants are Asian American. It’s a 2.1% jump from last year’s number.


“It’s been part of a long-term trend,” admissions Dean William R. Fitzsimmons told The Harvard Crimson. “The percentages have been going up steadily. It’s not a surprise.”

 

This is heading backwards to the days when white wealthy kids would go to college and become legislators and politicians that would in turn start wars and send minorities to fight them, being in their minds, expendables. Make college tuition too expensive for anyone from the working class. Dismantling civil rights is happening within the Republican party and it needs to stop. Classism is like crack to the right wing capitalists.

 

TY.

 

When they rule legacy admissions are unfair I might believe they care about justice.

 

Can you ban a private school from favoring people who pay a shit ton of money to get in?

 

"Use of Legacy Preferences Is Widespread, But Decreasing"



"The current scope of legacy admissions is hard to determine precisely. According to a 2020 Wall Street Journal report, 56% of the nation’s top 250 institutions considered legacy in their admissions process. That’s a decline from 63% in 2004."

 

They didn't end affirmative action. They kept it for privileged white people. Legacies, children of donors. They still get preference.

The Extreme Court did make one exception. Military academies can still have affirmative action to bring in Black and Latinx people. OK to die, just not get an education.

 

White, Black, Asian, and Latino, all have legacy admissions. And military academy grads get a good education and seldom see actual infantry combat and they're typically people of great character.

 

The Extreme Court majority has declared themselves super legislators. Unelected and unaccountable. They can make or unmake any law based on their inclination. Not governed by law, Constitution, precedent, justice, ethics or any attempt to solve problems.

 

Disgraceful. If we can't get this under control it will be the downfall of our country.

 

I am a white male from a loving, upper middle class family that stressed education. That gave me an advantage in life, no doubt about it. Fuck this Supreme Court.

Great video!

 

Sorry, but that is way to simplistic. Ever since the Bakke decision back in the 80s, race has been "a factor" that may be considered, along with many other factors. No one got in "because of their race". Give me a break.

And if you don't think race is a factor in this country, you are not paying attention.

 

Race may be a factor in some cases, but not all, and certainly not as much as it used to be.. Problem is, it's not always easy to prove/disprove, one way or another.