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Oh hello. It's @AngryBlackLady here live-tweeting the beginning of the end of affirmative action.
What am I looking for?
Clarence Thomas, a beneficiary of affirmative action himself, talking about a color blind Constitution.
Alito being a small angry man.
Oh hello. It's @AngryBlackLady here live-tweeting the beginning of the end of affirmative action.
What am I looking for?
Clarence Thomas, a beneficiary of affirmative action himself, talking about a color blind Constitution.
Alito being a small angry man.
At least Scalia won't be on the bench talking about how maybe Black people should be satisfied with "lesser schools."
That's what he said in the Fisher case. Remember Becky with the Bad Grades?
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That's what he said in the Fisher case. Remember Becky with the Bad Grades?
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This case is one of the cases this term that promotes white dominance and supremacy.
Winnowing down the number of Black and brown kids in private and public institutions is the point.
Making it so Black and brown people have no upward mobility is the point.
Winnowing down the number of Black and brown kids in private and public institutions is the point.
Making it so Black and brown people have no upward mobility is the point.
Anticipation builds pending the release of the federal district ct’s post-trial opinion in the SFFA lawsuit challenging Harvard’s consideration of race in admission. Even at this stage, several knowable points that merit reflection. #sffavharvard #affirmativeaction
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1. Despite the hype (it *is* Harvard), that trial-level judgment will be binding only with respect to the parties. It will not be precedential in any other sense, though to be sure, it will merit serious study and reflection.
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2. Higher education leaders should neither over- nor under-react to the decision. (The press will, but that’s sorta their job. And they may try to get you to, as well.) Cases depend on facts, which in this context are necessarily tied to a particular setting.
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