The ruling will force colleges to reimagine hallmarks of the admissions process.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1608756

From the article:

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that colleges can’t explicitly consider applicants’ race in admissions, a landmark ruling that will radically transform how colleges are able to attract a diverse student body.

There’s also an article from the AP.

  • maporitaEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yes we do … and the current system of affirmative action which has been in place for decades has done nothing to change that. On the contrary, by granting preferential entrance to minorities we perpetuate negative racial stereotypes.

    In his ruling Justice Roberts wrote "“Nothing in this opinion should be construed as prohibiting universities from considering an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise,” . It’s just that it can’t only be about race. Not all Black students are disadvantaged, and not all Whites and Asians are privileged. We should look at the individual and their life experience rather than apply a blanket discriminatory policy.

    • ikiruEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I agree that Affirmative Action was flawed, and it was never going to solve systemic racism, but I don’t think it perpetuated “negative racial stereotypes”. The people who believe racist stereotypes were going to believe them regardless or did before Affirmative Action was ever enacted. Seems like it would be a Right-wing talking point to blame racism on Affirmative Action.

      Affirmative Action is a band-aid in a terrible system that needs to be abolished but it was better to have it than not. Under a better system where systemic racism is dealt with to an extent then we can have an objective focus on individual merit, but I don’t think it’s realistic to think racism won’t impact the subjective decision-making process under our current system and lead us back to where we started. Granted, astronomically high tuition rates which only continue to rise are already barring working class students and making university a possibility only for already-wealthy domestic students and increasingly for international students because of the higher revenue they bring for programs.