The ruling ends race-related affirmative action policies at UNC and Harvard on the grounds they violate the Equal Protection clause, with an exemption for military academies. Get all the details on the implications of the Supreme Court's decision. ⬇️
Teen Voguespecifically targets youth from marginalized backgrounds who have less access to traditional pathways to higher education.
“Today, this Court stands in the way and rolls back decades of precedent and momentous progress,” wrote Justice Sotomayor in her dissent. “Despite the Court’s unjustified exercise of power, the opinion today will serve only to highlight the Court’s own impotence in the face of an America whose cries for equality resound.”
Within an hour of the announcement, groups including the NAACP began preparing protests. “The decision undermines the rights of underrepresented groups to pursue higher education and will lead to devastating ripple effects across schools and workplaces nationwide,” Noreen Farrell, executive director of Equal Rights Advocates, which pushes for gender equality and equity in schools and universities, said in a statement.
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