President Joe Biden, reacting to Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning affirmative action in university admissions, said he strongly disagrees with the decision. The court overturned affirmative action 6-3.
While I disagree with the SC decision, I also agree with Biden that a new standard is needed. Race
alone could never cover all the possibilities and struggles students faced growing up, and while it was a “good enough” yardstick, I hope we come up with something better.
As a European, the apparent fixation on race much of the US seems to still have (judging by media I See) is weird and extremely anachronistic. Why would you not look at socioeconomic status instead?
Its good if you guys use new metrics now. I’m not sure it really was good enough-I wouldn’t know, but I can’t imagine
While I disagree with the SC decision, I also agree with Biden that a new standard is needed. Race alone could never cover all the possibilities and struggles students faced growing up, and while it was a “good enough” yardstick, I hope we come up with something better.
As a European, the apparent fixation on race much of the US seems to still have (judging by media I See) is weird and extremely anachronistic. Why would you not look at socioeconomic status instead?
Its good if you guys use new metrics now. I’m not sure it really was good enough-I wouldn’t know, but I can’t imagine