![]() ![]() Doing so has increased Black and Hispanic enrolment while drastically cutting the enrolment of Asian-American students, many of whom belong to lower-income, less privileged families. A coalition of 20 states, 82 major corporations, as well as science and technology companies, colleges and organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union have either signed or filed amicus briefs supporting the practice.Īllowing skin colour to adjudicate who is deserving of a top-tier education and, by proxy, a bright future, reflects a deeper rot spreading throughout the education system, academia and wider society.Īt its most appalling and absurd, some elite American high schools have gone as far as overlooking entry requirements altogether, choosing instead to invoke a lottery system. ![]() It’s clear what the socially acceptable, politically correct position today is. Although the practice is frequently couched in sunny euphemisms such as being a “race-conscious,” ”holistic admissions process” that is striving for “educational diversity,” in reality it is state-sanctioned racism. These cases have the potential to overturn more than 40 years of affirmative-action precedents, for good reason. ![]()
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