affirmative action. the only remedy to the legacyacf of discrimination and admissions ination. american higher education. only one remedy. and so here they v one reme takt away. look, it s heartbreaking for our democracy. en our democracy is stronger when our leadership is diverse. ership ithis is a very serious . and from my point of view, a tragedy. the headline for today is access and opportunity denied. i think that this is tantamount to sticking a dagger in our back. what being talked aboutrm enough is the harm this is going to do for student tha is not just black and latino students, but white and asian american. is this leading to no women in colleges soons this lno? who knows? really will be seriously. anyway, the last meltdown didn t stop there. michelle obama releasing a statement following the decision saying that she is heartbroken. and while senate majorityader leader chuck schumer called it a quote, giant roadblock in
elite institutions, that percentage will get even stronger. reactions are pouring in from students to members of congress to presidential contenders, including a former vice president mike pence. our own dasha burns caught up with him in ukraine. i m grateful to see the conservative majority that we have built on the supreme court of the united states bring an end to most of affirmative action. look, we want to live in a color blind society. there may have been a time 50 years ago when we needed to affirmatively take steps to correct long-term racial bias in institutions of higher education. but i can tell you as the father of three college graduates, those days are long over. and i m grateful today that the supreme court took us one step back to that america will judge every man and woman on the
and see into me the potential to be an asset to the student body, an asset to the college, and then ultimately an asset to the country. i hope that i am. i think that i am, but what i fear now is that because of this supreme court decision, they have put a lid on the dreams and potentials of millions of americans who could stand to benefit from the education that would come from it, and then stand to benefit from the reward that is come from hard work, and as a result of that, the nation is poorer for it. we ve got to leave. thanks to all of you, and of course nicolle wallace will have the president live at 4:00 eastern, and chris jansing reports starts right now with lindsey reiser.
remedy, affirmative action, the only remedy to the legacy of discrimination in admissions in american higher education. only one remedy. and so here they ve taken it away, and so where we find ourselves is we re going to go back to those classes where you had one, two, three. we re already having a small percentage of black and brown students in elite institutions, that percentage will get even smaller. charles, i know you have a thought. our julia ainsley had a chance to look over the decision. what do we know at this point? reporter: that s right, affirmative action has been blocked both for private and public colleges. this is in the unc case and in the harvard case. we thought there may be a split where they might say that it s unconstitutional for public universities taking public money, but perhaps not for private, but they ve said in both cases, college admissions cannot consider race as they try to diversify their student
good afternoon, i m lindsey reiser in for chris jansing at msnbc headquarters in new york city. breaking news, affirmative action struck down. president biden as you just heard that finished speaking on the landmark supreme court decision and the potential long lasting consequences at colleges, universities, and students across this country. the court ruling on a pair of challenges to policies at harvard and unc, that the schools can no longer look at race during the admissions process. the vote was 6-3, and eddie glaude, reacting just after the decision about the lasting impact he says this will have on higher education. this was just one remedy, affirmative action, the only remedy to the legacy of discrimination in admissions in american higher education. one remedy. here they have taken it away. we have a small percentage of black and brown students in