Commentary: Critics of affirmative action won a Supreme Court victory. But diversity unquestionably matters
by Harvey Young, Chicago Tribune
Jul 01, 2023
3 minutes
The campaign against affirmative action has reduced the complicated process of college admissions to a simple and highly inaccurate sound bite: Black and brown students are being admitted over higher-achieving white and Asian American applicants. Ascribed a flawed essence, affirmative action has become easier to reject.
In recent years, there has been an increase in state-level ballot initiatives to prohibit the consideration of race in the college application review process. And, of course, there have been the legal challenges with judicial decisions more closely tracking with the shift in public opinion away from
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