indictment he is facing. plus, actor marcus scribner is in our simone spotlight. once the child star on the comedy, black-ish, now in the final season of grown-ish. what is next in his career and his role in climate change activism? i have something to say. it s been just over a week since the six conservative justices on the united states supreme court upended decades of precedent, banning the consideration of race in the college admissions process. now, americans are beginning to evaluate this new terrain with some launching new efforts in the fight for racial equity and education, others working overtime to shut out students of color. this week, a group called lawyers for civil rights, or lcr, filed a complaint against harvard university. one of the response to the supreme court admissions cases one behalf of three civil rights organizations based in boston. they are asking the federal government to intervene and abolish a system called legacy preference. legacy preferen
harvard university. one of the response to the supreme court admissions cases one behalf of three civil rights organizations based in boston. they are asking the federal government to intervene and abolish a system called legacy preference. legacy preferences were children of alumni or major donors and institutions like harvard are given special considerations in admissions process. the complaint says that each year, a harvard college grant special preference in admissions process to hundreds of mostly white students, not because of anything they ve accomplished, but rather solely because of who they are relatives are. i asked the lead lawyer behind lcr scam plaint, michael kippens, about the effort. take a listen. in light of the supreme court s decision and preference for last week, it is all the more imperative to root out any types of policies in higher education that harm communities of color and predominantly benefit white applicants. these donor and legacy programs are example
The Supreme Court s decision "heightened the urgency to investigate" donor and legacy preferences, a lawyer who helped file a new lawsuit told Newsweek.