Those of my generation, those born in mid twentieth century, and coming of age in the 1960s, notice a dangerous pattern of social and political attitudes, a resurgence of things
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In his last three years at Westmoore High School, Seth Phung said he learned about the nuance of race-conscious affirmative action in an unconventional way: watching “Last Week Tonight with
The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear two cases about affirmative action in college and university admissions. The litigation began in 2014 when the nonprofit Students for Fair Admissions sued the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Harvard University for unfairly discriminating against White and Asian students in their admissions processes, giving preference to Black and Hispanic students instead. Both UNC-Chapel Hill, which is the oldest public university in the United States, and Harvard, which is the oldest private university, prevailed in the lower courts.