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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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[–] darkwing_duck 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh please, tell Chinese immigrants collecting soda cans about "the cycle of poverty".

We have equality of opportunity in this country, as easily demonstrated by looking at Chinese immigrants. Or other immigrants. I have a Brazilian friend who came over to the US when he was 9. Alcoholic absent father, single mom with 2 kids, hard life. He put himself through college by working as a building security guard and a couple other side gigs and renting a small room in a bad area (with tons and tons of roaches in the walls). Today he is a successful software engineer.

Anyone can do it, if they so desire.

I see zero valid reasons we should be interested in equality of outcome based on race. That's literally racist.