Focusing on class is good policy, but the long legacy of state-supported racism means we must find ways to keep taking race into account.
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Moving On to Adversity-Based Affirmative Action
Here’s a package of options for turning a legal defeat into an opportunity.
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SCOTUS Trashes Precedent and Resegregates Higher Education
The affirmative action case once again distorts constitutional protections to ideological ends.
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Black College Students: An Endangered Species, Unless They Play Ball
The disparity of graduation rates for Black and white scholarship athletes will become more glaring if the Supreme Court ends affirmative action.
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More Rights in Danger as Supreme Court Term Begins
Threats to voting rights, affirmative action, the environment, and student debt relief take center stage.
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Affirmative Action Isn’t a Binary Choice for Harvard’s Asian Americans
A controversial federal lawsuit spurs students to confront the nuances of diversity.
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Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling Sets Precedent for Pending Cases
The decision upholding the University of Texas at Austin’s admissions program is a victory for affirmative action supporters.
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University of Texas Affirmative Action Program in Peril
The Court’s decision could impact college admissions programs nationwide.Â
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Listen: Affirmative Action ‘Race or Place’ Debate on SiriusXM’s ‘Make It Plain’
The Prospect’s ongoing discussion on how to save affirmative action takes to the airwaves with a spirited discussion between Sheryll Cashin and Richard Rothstein.
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Affirmative Action, Race or Class: An Exchange
Should universities shift their recruitment focus away from race and onto poor neighborhoods?
