Affirmative action was never a complete answer in the drive towards a more just society. But for generations of students who had been systematically excluded from most of America’s key institutions—it gave us the chance to show we more than deserved a seat at the table.
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent decision, it’s time to redouble our efforts.
Sotomayor: The Supreme Court's affirmative action decision is "grounded in the illusion that racial inequality was a problem of a different generation...Ignoring race will not equalize a society that is racially unequal."
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J.Sotomayor in #dissent in today's affirmative action decisions from #SCOTUS: "The Court subverts the constitutional guarantee of equal protection by further entrenching racial inequality in education, the very foundation of our democratic government and pluralistic society."
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