The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that considering race as a factor in the college admissions process is unconstitutional.
.” In his concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas slammed her “race-infused world view” and claimed she “locks blacks into a seemingly perpetual inferior caste. Such a view is irrational; it is an insult to individual achievement and cancerous to young minds seeking to push through barriers, rather than consign themselves to permanent victimhood.”
and society more broadly, if college campuses become less diverse and fewer minority college graduates could enter the job market.The decision marks a departure from about 45 years of precedent for upholding affirmative action. The term dates back to a 1961 executive order from John F. Kennedy to “take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color or national origin.
Split almost exactly down the middle, the Supreme Court last week offered a Solomonic compromise. It said that rigid quotas based solely on race were forbidden, but it also said that race might legitimately be an element in judging students for admission to universities. It thus approved the principle of “affirmative action,” the system by which the Government is pressuring U.S.
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