The Latest Breaking News from Affirmative Action

In an anticipated but nonetheless stunning decision expected to have widespread implications on college campuses and workplaces across the country, the conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29, 2023, outlawed affirmative action programs that were designed to correct centuries of racist disenfranchisement in higher education.

LOS ANGELES — Cecilia Chang bluntly told her two kids: You have to try harder because of who you are.

President says he will ask education department to look into ways to maintain student diversity as race-conscious admissions ends

The former president had formerly defended affirmative action

"In a society still scarred by the wounds of racial disparities, the Supreme Court has displayed a willful ignorance of our reality," NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson said.

A preliminary assessment of today's decisions. The majority rightly struck a blow against the use of racial preferences for purposes of advancing "diversity" in education. But there are some flaws in its reasoning.

There is no reason for public universities to grant preferential treatment to the scions of their alumni.

According to a report from the Centre for American Progress, white women 'may have been among the greatest beneficiaries' of efforts to integrate and diversify campuses in recent decades - they have a 'renewed responsibility' now that affirmative action has been overturned by the Supreme Court

In a 6–3 decision, the Court ruled that race-based affirmative action in college admissions violates the 14th Amendment.