From The Guardian

So Affirmative Action is basically dead for college admissions, further dismantling Civil Rights era legislation.

Way to go, SCOTUS. /s

  • EffectivelyHidden@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    But you can’t fix inequality by treating everyone equally.

    The people who are already at an advantage will just continue to grow that advantage, while the people at a disadvantage will fall farther and farther behind.

    That’s why, despite being found repeatedly to be a form of racial discrimination, affirmative action was previously found to meet the standard of Strict Scrutiny on dozens of occasions. The Supreme Court backtracked on decades of rulings today.