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US supreme court rules against affirmative action in Harvard and UNC cases (kbin.social)
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From The Guardian

So Affirmative Action is basically dead for college admissions, further dismantling Civil Rights era legislation.

Way to go, SCOTUS. /s

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[–] httpjames -1 points 1 year ago

While from a first glance this may seem like a positive thing (the argument being we are illegalizing discrimination in university admissions), it's actually not, and that's backed by evidence.

Without affirmative action policies, admissions of minority racial groups to colleges and universities would likely decrease.

According to [a Princeton] study, without affirmative action the acceptance rate for African-American candidates likely would fall nearly two-thirds, from 33.7 percent to 12.2 percent, while the acceptance rate for Hispanic applicants likely would be cut in half, from 26.8 percent to 12.9 percent. While these declines are dramatic, the authors note that the long-term impact could be worse.