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Important Federal District Court Decision on Racial Classifications and Affirmative Action

On Tuesday, in Nuziard v. Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) federal district court judge Mark T. Pittman issued an injunction against the MBDA's Business Center Program. These Centers may give assistance only to businesses owned by socially or economically disadvantaged individuals. A Business owned by a "Black, African American, Hispanic,…

Reason

Supreme Court is poised to dismantle an integral part of LBJ's Great Society – affirmative action

Of all the civil rights policies enacted by U.S President Lyndon Johnson, affirmative action is arguably one of the most enduring – and most challenged.

The Conversation

Harvard affirmative action challenge partly based on Holocaust denier’s work

Complaint draws heavily from 2012 article by Ron Unz, who publishes antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ+ and neo-Nazi screeds

The Guardian - US

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Does a Footnote in Sackett II Indicate How SCOTUS Will Resolve the Affirmative Action Cases?

Could the Court treat Justice Powell's Bakke opinion the way it treated Justice Kennedy's Rapanos opinion?

Reason

Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision could spell trouble for corporate diversity initiatives

If the Supreme Court rules against affirmative action, universities risk becoming more homogenous, making it harder for companies to recruit diverse hires.

Fortune

As Supreme Court considers affirmative action, colleges see few other ways to diversity goals

After bans on affirmative action in states from California to Florida, colleges have tried a range of strategies to achieve a diverse student body

The Independent UK

This Supreme Court case could spell the beginning of the end for affirmative action. It’s a looming crisis for corporate America

"After this you’ll really be able to identify who has always been on board and who never really was," says one diversity, equity, and inclusion specialist.

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US supreme court end-of-term decisions could transform key areas of public life

Consequential decisions regarding affirmative action, LGBTQ+ equality and the future of Native American tribes are expected

The Guardian - US

Most in U.S. say don't ban race in college admissions but that role should be small: AP-NORC poll

As the Supreme Court decides the fate of affirmative action, most people in the U.S. say the court should allow consideration of race as part of the admissions process

The Independent UK

Texas bill would preserve UT-Austin’s admissions policies if U.S. Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action

State lawmakers passed legislation that would ensure the UT flagship can continue to cap the number of students it automatically admits because of their academic achievement at 75%, giving the university room to accept other students using different criteria.

The Texas Tribune

‘This is about saving lives’: the Texas Democrat fighting for gun control and abortion rights

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett tells why she’s backing an assault weapons ban – and why Republicans are ‘cowards’

The Guardian - US

Same-sex marriage: gender may be fluid, but the idea of mother cannot be, Ministry tells SC

Centre said the idea of gender fluidity could not be allowed to manifest in areas in which special protections or affirmative action had been made for women as a binary gender

The Hindu

Asian Americans spent decades seeking fair education. Then the right stole the narrative

Affirmative action opponents have used racial scapegoating to reframe the national debate, exploiting middle-class fears

The Guardian - US

Ending affirmative action harms college diversity if legacy preferences stand

Colleges would have to scrap preferences for legacy applicants and student athletes to improve racial diversity if the U.S. Supreme Court ends affirmative action in admissions, even if they consider other factors such as class, a new study found.

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The One Key Question No Justice Asked in the Harvard/UNC Affirmative Action Case

Harvard and UNC's defense is based on the perceived need for racial diversity; but how do they justify treating "Hispanic" as a Racial Classification?

The Independent UK

Elon Musk and Mark Cuban get into a new Twitter spat over affirmative action

Twitter owner is apparently unhappy about the decline of the importance of standarised test scores in the higher education admissions process

Axios

Colleges brace for the end of affirmative action

"Institutions are just going to be scrambling."

Los Angeles Times

Decades after California's affirmative action ban, legal debate stalls funding for Black students

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Decades after California voters approved a ban on affirmative action, Gov. Gavin Newsom is citing the state law as a hindrance to giving schools extra funding to support Black students.

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The Conversation

A diverse Supreme Court grapples with affirmative action, with its justices of color split sharply on the meaning of 'equal protection'

The United States Supreme Court is deciding a pair of cases that could end affirmative action programs that consider race in college admissions.

Reason

Neil Gorsuch's LGBT Decision May Doom Affirmative Action in the Supreme Court

Why isn’t affirmative action in college admissions prohibited under the Civil Rights Act?

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Colleges are bracing for a court decision on affirmative action. Here's what Princeton's president is doing to prepare

The U.S. Supreme Court this spring is expected to issue a ruling that could ban or alter how local universities consider race when deciding whether to admit students.

Reason

Michael Rosman Guest-Blogging About Title IX, Gender Identity, Sports, and Affirmative Action

I'm delighted to report that Michael Rosman of the Center for Individual Rights (whose work I have known and admired for decades) will be blogging this coming week about his new article, Gender Identity, Sports, and Affirmative Action: What's Title IX Got To Do With It? Here's an excerpt from…

Fortune

What the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action would mean for Corporate America

The Supreme Court is expected to rule on affirmative action this June. Companies must prepare for the impact on diversity efforts now, experts say.

Reason

Yet Another Shady, Hypocritical Document Hoarder

Plus: The editors field a listener question on college admissions and affirmative action.

Reason

What do Elite Universities Mean by "Diversity?"

At oral argument in the recent affirmative action cases, attorneys for the defendants argued that although they do ask applicants to check a racial/ethnic box, they do not limit their consideration of diversity just to those classifications, but also to religion, ideology, and other aspects of identity that affect viewpoint.…

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