Final Nail In Coffin of Affirmative Action
The US Supreme Court, packed full of fascists, ruled that race cannot be used as a factor in school entry.
What started out as a band-aid solution to quell massive progressive demands for social justice has been chipped away at for over 30 years as the US moved further and further to the Right and abandoned any role of actually confronting institutionalized inequities.
This ruling struck down school entry policies in Seattle, Louisville, and Kentucky, following protests from White parents who felt their children had been denied entry to certain schools because they would have exceeded a quota of non-black pupils.
Of course, quotas have been illegal since the 70's. The Court just took up this redundant case to further eliminate any program that might reverse historical and continuing racism.
Other factors can still be used to determine admissions. Such as if one's parents were fortunate enough to have already attended the school. So rich White kids are still safe with their preferential admissions policies.
I am surprised this has gotten as little media coverage as it has.
What started out as a band-aid solution to quell massive progressive demands for social justice has been chipped away at for over 30 years as the US moved further and further to the Right and abandoned any role of actually confronting institutionalized inequities.
This ruling struck down school entry policies in Seattle, Louisville, and Kentucky, following protests from White parents who felt their children had been denied entry to certain schools because they would have exceeded a quota of non-black pupils.
Of course, quotas have been illegal since the 70's. The Court just took up this redundant case to further eliminate any program that might reverse historical and continuing racism.
Other factors can still be used to determine admissions. Such as if one's parents were fortunate enough to have already attended the school. So rich White kids are still safe with their preferential admissions policies.
I am surprised this has gotten as little media coverage as it has.
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Choice quote from Chief Justice John Roberts: “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discrimination on the basis of race.”
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