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Whether students have access to equal opportunity in k-12. whether they will have access to scholarship money to be able to come to college, all of those things are impacted by the lived experiences of our students, and that includes the racial and ethnic backgrounds. >> i want to turn to student loans, if you will, in the wake of the ruling from the supreme court, president biden responded -- i just spoke with his domestic policy adviser neera tanden about this. so, the new biden well forgivene...

Cant sit through lectures. unbelievable. because and thats why we need to get rid o f lectures. fa thats how far theyre willing to lower the standardsilling jut to admit their ratio. do you think that these people at usc and harvard really care about the interests ofck black americans? no. they want someone on theirokle booklet. they want a face. t. they dont want a person. i care about a person. and you know what people are? people are so much more than just their race. >> theyre the sum total ...

This case. but you know what? heres what ite, actually andd e heres how were going to pivot in this country away fros goinm allowing the original public meaning of the particula orir lw to be taken advantage of. john, really quickly, are you optimistic that this will be a real the death knellth for the diversity movementversit on the backs of of ofy move our constitution or are const you concerned that there will be and runs around this around this ruling? yes yeah, im optimistic that this will ...

They dont go to a, they dont end up in courts. instead, those schools and institutions pick more sailing team members and legacies. one of the things we saw today, and we saw a lot, it brilliant man who was able to overcome centuries of prejudice, institutionalized prejudice, to come from the most unlikely of backgrounds with the help of a system designed to accomplish just that, turn around and pull the ladder up. joy reid is host of the readout right here on msnbc, a graduate of harvard univer...

And income inequality. for me personally i am a strong proponent of a socioeconomic based system where applicants no matter what their ethnic group is if they come from disadvantaged backgrounds they should be given more of a boost at these elite colleges in terms of admissions. in that way i think it definitely will help even address a lot of the issues that the country is facing today. >> thank you for your time tonight. its really interesting to hear both perspectives on this landmark decisio...

Sit through lectures. that is why we need to get rid of lectures. that is how far they are willing to lowered the standards just to admit the ratio. do you think that these people at unc and harvard really care about the interests of black americans? no. they want someone on their booklet. they want a face. they dont want a person. i care about a person. and you know what people are? people are so much more than just their race. they are the sum total of all their life backgrounds, accomplishmen...

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Backgrounds and not discriminate and that here it was really important everybody in the case conceded expressive activity was at stake. what the court was finding today is that the first amendment means the state cannot control somebody to creating product that has a message that differs from their religious beliefs just as the court in the past that said school districts cant make children raise their hand to the flag. we wouldnt say an atheist has to force someone to convert to a religion they...

Utah. lets bring in our panel now and joining me is former labour minister, caroline flint, and the democratic strategist amisha cross. we have heard from president biden. amisha, what you make of it? i we have heard from president biden. amisha, what you make of it?- amisha, what you make of it? i think i oin in amisha, what you make of it? i think ijoin in with — amisha, what you make of it? i think i join in with millions _ amisha, what you make of it? i think i join in with millions of _ a...

Talking about ucla and berkeley, theyre on their way to the recovery but the rest of the ucs since 1986, a much better job of diversifying the campuses. >> the universities have gone down 50%. thats something we need to watch for across the country. this provides us an opportunity to make sure that were giving students an opportunity to come in, making our colleges diverse, and that while the tool of affirmative action is not going to be able, we lift up best practices that are still possible fo...