Affirmative Action Post-SFFA

About this episode

Yvette Borja interviews law professor Jonathan Feingold about the implications of the SFFA Supreme Court case on affirmative action and racial diversity in higher education.

Yvette Borja interviews law professor Jonathan Feingold about his law review article examining the tools that universities have to promote racial diversity and inclusion in the wake of the SFFA Supreme Court case. Feingold breaks down why institutions of higher education have backed away from efforts moving towards racial equity despite these openings. Read Jonathan's article here: https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4769&context=faculty_scholarship Check out the book "Banned: The Fight for Mexican American Studies in the Streets and in the Courts" by Nolan Cabrera and Bob Chang here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/banned/8949DEDAA2FA939E11551FA97B418747 Learn more about the U of A consolidating its cultural centers here: https://www.kjzz.org/the-show/2025-06-03/ua-has-consolidated-several-campus-resource-centers-what-this-means-for-students Support the podcast by becoming a patron at: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

People in this episode

Host: Yvette Borja

Guest: Jonathan Feingold

Topics covered

• affirmative action
• racial diversity
• higher education
• Supreme Court
• racial equity

Keywords

• affirmative action
• SFFA
• racial diversity
• higher education
• equity
• law review
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U of A, KJZZ, Boston University

Books & works: Banned: The Fight for Mexican American Studies in the Streets and in the Courts

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