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it s not about fairness, it s only about forgiving loans that they have to pay. they, the supreme court sided with them. it was the court s decision to strike down my student debt relief program was wrong. i think the misinterpreted the constitution. i caught up with president biden early this week in rockefeller center. we talked for a about what we both feel would be an altered america by this weekend. more about that conversation tonight on politicsnation. and in a few moments, a big announcement from the essence festival here in new orleans. we talked to the president of the global black economic forum. lots to cover, so let s get started. we start with the perfect guest. the chair of the congressional black caucus, congressman steven horsford. democrat of nevada. congressman, mister chairman, we appreciate you being with
i also had the honor to meet with owen s mother today in new orleans, along with attorney ben crump and torney parker. she is now raising her grandkids. in my opinion, the legal system in florida failed aj and her family, and the department should step in to investigate whether federal hate crime charges are warranted. as this week s supreme court rulings reminds us the fight for racial justice is far from over. we must continue to fight and struggle against injustice, wherever we see it. from central florida to the highest court. in the land. that does it for me, thanks for watching. i ll see you back here tomorrow at five pm eastern for another live hour of politicsnation. american voices with alicia and mendez starts after the this short break. ort break.
coming down from the court, we re also very focused on empowering ourselves and creating our own opportunities to build wealth and level the playing field. and also fight back. i mean, we have children that are now growing up who will not understand our history, because they are being told in at least 26 states that they can t teach black history. i just got off a panel a few minutes ago with crenshaw, all of you know, who kimberly is. a famous professor of law. at columbia i believe. and she talked about 26 states in this country now are banning the teaching of black history. this is directly linked to the supreme court decisions that are stripping away our fundamental rights. so if a child growing up today, not understanding the vestiges of history or the vestiges of slavery, i should say, is a huge concern. when alfonso, leaders from all sectors of black leadership are here in new orleans.
my first question is who will be most directly affected by this ruling, and how? are the implications for this ruling beyond just universities, and for example, in the workplace. so, truly this ruling will be attempted to be used in other venues. we are already seeing conservatives lining up to extend the ruling to other venues. but it s really important to understand what was at stake here. the race based affirmative action policies that were dismantled here, the court talked about it as the race was an entirely determinative feature of the admissions decision. but that wasn t the case. based on earlier supreme court presidents like meter versus ballinger which was decided in 2003 and affirmed later in official versus the university of texas in 2016, made clear that universities and colleges could only use race in a very limited way. as part of a holistic calculus that considered a wide range of factors including grades, test