affirmative action
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Republican Comments About Supreme Court Picks Shows America Is A Long Way From Respecting Qualified Black Women
Senators' comments on Biden's potential picks show we may have an uphill battle ahead
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Oregon COVID-19 Relief Funds Reserved for Underserved Black People in Jeopardy Due to Lawsuits
After the first round of Paycheck Protection Program loans meant to help small businesses survive shutdowns due to the pandemic went out last year, report after report after report documented how Black businesses were being ignored. The state of Oregon has been trying to do something to ensure that racism doesn’t play a part in…
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Anti-Affirmative Action Group Hopes Conservative Supreme Court Will Finally Give Them a Win
Students For Fair Admissions—the crusaders for white opportunity in a country built on the American dream of opportunity exclusively for white people—is continuing its fight against affirmative action in college admissions with hopes that the Supreme Court is finally conservative and Trump-supporter-y enough to hand them a victory after a string of court losses. From…
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U.S. Appeals Court Rejects Lawsuit Against Harvard’s Affirmative Action Policy
A U.S. appeals court has rejected a case challenging Harvard’s affirmative action policy. According to CNN, the case was brought forth by a group of Asian American students who felt the university’s policy disproportionately benefited Black and Hispanic students. Judge Sandra Lynch wrote the ruling for the appellate panel and found the university’s “limited use…
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University of California Votes to Restore Affirmative Action 24 Years After Its Repeal
In 1996, the state of California passed proposition 209 which prohibited race and gender from being a factor in university admissions. Now, some 24 years later, the University of California voted unanimously to restore affirmative action. The move was made in the hope of diversifying their student population, according to CNN. The school’s Board of Regents…
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Report: Two Out of Every 5 White Harvard Students Got In Because of the White Privilege-Affirmative Action Loophole
Merit. According to conservatives, affirmative action haters and the official position of the Trump administration, race-conscious college admission policies unfairly discriminate against more-qualified students (pronounced “hoo-wyatt pee-pole”). Even though college entrance exams have been shown to favor students from richer, better-educated families; in spite of the fact that the SAT was literally created to weed…
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Texas Tech Medical School Will No Longer Consider Race in Admissions, Caving to Pressure From the Trump Administration
The most sinister PTA mom, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, is going to war with affirmative action, and at least one school has caved to the pressure. According to NBC News, race will longer be considered in deciding admission at Texas Tech University medical school, which is bowing to the Trump administration’s push to end affirmative…