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A Black venture capital firm, Fearless Fund, has been sued by a conservative activist. The man, Edward Blum, played a role in the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2023 decision to reject affirmative action in college admissions. According to
Amna Nawaz: Doctors, nurses, hospitals and many others are concerned about how the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down affirmative action in college admissions could affect the medical profession. Currently, just 5.7 percent of all doctors in the U.S. are Black, and nearly 7 percent are Hispanic, while 64 percent are white. Black and Latino applicants […]
Food access in low-income neighborhoods. The relationship between racially segregated neighborhoods and trauma. College readiness and identity among students from rural areas. Economic opportunity among Rohingya refugees in the United States. What links these issues isn’t a particular topic or discipline, but their sheer complexity. For the past 10 years, students in the Community Research […]
Opinion | The History Behind Debates Around Affirmative Action The New York Times Source link
After the U.S. Supreme Court did what many have long expected, strike-down race-based admissions to colleges, Black leaders held emergency press conferences and strategy calls. One convened by Marc Morial on June 29 hours after the Supreme Court’s decision yielded sharp commentary. Affirmative action refers to a set of policies and practices aimed at promoting […]
“Affirmative Action Backlash” is written by TYRONE D. TABORN, Career Communications Group. The speech was first presented at an event hosted by the National Academy of Engineering in Washington, DC. more than 20 years ago. I like to think of myself as a journalist who somehow lost his way and became a manager. As CEO […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Brown. Tufts. The University of Southern California. Heading into her senior year, Sydney Vallair had zeroed in . . .
These Are Not Normal Times There is no going back to what has been “normal.” No one should want to, anyway. “Normal” has meant a system of supposedly equal rights built on a foundation of huge, systemic inequalities. “Normal” has meant generations of Black, Brown, and Native American youth in prison, cities emptied of jobs […]
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Jackie Robinson batted .311 for his 10-year career. Photo courtesy National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum “Without struggle there is no progress” – Fredrick Douglass I was reminded of this quote by Fredrick Douglas when the United States Supreme Court issued its affirmative action opinion regarding college admissions. But what I was really struck […]