Should Race Matter in College Admissions?
About this episode
The episode discusses the implications of the Supreme Court's decision to reject affirmative action in college admissions and its impact on racial discrimination policies.
When the Supreme Court rejected affirmative action at colleges and universities in 2023, finding that Harvard and the University of North Carolina practiced race-based discrimination against Asian American students, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote, "eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it." The case, decided along ideological lines, caused a stir among progressives. But was this discrimination the inevitable consequence of affirmative action policies? Or did it si...
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