Supreme Court ends affirmation action

This is why packing the court would be a good idea.

What will losers use as an excuse when minorities get accepted over them now?

Why? Shouldn't everyone be treated equally? You don't think it is a bad idea to discriminate against others?

Content of character > Color of skin

The rest of the truth:

According to the ruling, schools can consider the life experience of applicants. So, every applicant who is a person of color can write an essay that describes how they have faced prejudice, how their great, great grandparents were slaves, or whatever they want to make it obvious what their race is, and the universities can consider that.

Also, remaining in place will be all the factors of consideration that benefit white applicants to top-tier universities, including:

Are you a legacy?

Are you a potential Development Admit?

Are you an athlete (yes, that benefits white applicants more than people of color at top schools)?

Did you go to a private high school?

Did you go to a brand-name boarding school?

Etc.

So, race will be considered through the college essays for people of color, and will be considered in some of the scored metrics for white applicants.

What’s “affirmation action”?
Is that why you didn’t get into Harvard?

In an age where information is free, the only bar of entry is the discipline to access it;

in an age where higher education leaves 22-year-old's with debt the size of a small mortgage, or more;

In an age where attaining a bachelor's degree means the least it ever has in centuries;

in an age where opportunity for wealth and other forms of fulfillment are abundantly available outside of higher education...

... there is no reason for someone to make the claim higher education is the only avenue for the "less advantaged" to attain a higher level of living.

The real crime being done is forcing young people into higher education, and dump truck loads of debt, without giving them the space to examine their options.

Yes. Are they going to outlaw Legacy? Those are by far the least qualified admits.

A few years from now every campus will be 95% Chinese.

There are definitely good arguments for young people choosing to not go to college in this day and age. The insane cost plus the indoctrination top that list.

Why are people downvoting me when I say all people should be treated equally? Do you not agree that all people should be treated equally?

Honest question:

One of the factors of admission is whether the applicant is a legacy. At top-tier schools that overwhelmingly favors white applicants. It also gives a bonus for something that the applicant did nothing to earn. Legacy admits also tend to be among the weaker end of the application pool, on average.

To treat people "equally," would you agree that Legacy Admit consideration should be outlawed?

Dems have always supported racism. Democrats in California wanted to pass this in 2020: "State and local entities could consider race, sex, color, ethnicity, and national origin in public education, public employment, and public contracting to the extent allowed under federal and state law."

https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Propositions?date=11%2F3%2F2020

nytimes.com

The Failed Affirmative Action Campaign That Shook Democrats

By Michael Powell and Ilana Marcus

The Supreme Court will soon rule on race-conscious college admissions, a core Democratic issue. But an analysis of a California referendum points to a divide between the party and voters.

Open link

Legacy is different as anyone can be legacy.

I would agree with that. Get rid of the legacy consideration. Treat ALL students equally.

Racists go home devastated

#StopAsianHate

I read a study that predicted what would happen if colleges banned it. Campuses would end up being around ~47% each white and Asian.

But of course, the "party of science" doesn't want to accept that IQ gaps exist.

Even when the initial court decision was made and others that upheld it, it was clear the rule was never meant to be permanent (in the court’s opinion authored by Sandra Day O’Connor, the end date was estimated to be 2025, which is about up). Is sixty plus years of government blessed discrimination against white people long enough? Time will tell. CA went to color blind admissions long ago, so it is not like this is something entirely new.

Colleges have and will continue to find ways around this (mostly by increasing focus on economic factors and by deemphasizing academic metrics like test scores and GPA).