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Transcripts for MSNBC The Cross Connection With Tiffany Cross 20240604 15:23:00

Education, i want to u.n.c. did not administer the first black students until 1951. that was under court order. it took until 1950 54 to eliminate the segregation policy and admit black graduates. now they account for 8% of the graduates there. with black man just 2% of the 2021 first year class. although black residents account for 22% of the states population. clearly, affirmative action matters. what is the impact it will have? look, we will look to california and michigan. the schools i would say out there say they are doing a good job, we are painting a good picture. they re doing everything they can with the so-called risk criteria. what you will see is a precipitous decline for two reasons, number one, the normative criteria will exclude black and brown students, but also, what black and brown students want to go to the schools, right? you are the only one in the classroom. the schools, but they are going to have to do is double down on letting go of the so-called

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