A crucial supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action could come tomorrow, as colleges and universities grapple with the possibility that race might no longer be a factor in admissions. The Central Question being decided this time is should Affirmative Action continue forever In The Name Of diversity, and are the gains achieved worth the harms allegedly inflicted on Asian American students . This is the most important civil Rights Case of our era. I dont think its an overstatement to say theyre freaking out right now. One admissions official told me, some colleges are so worried about being sued in the wake of this decision that theyre thinking about scrubbing racial and ethnic data from their websites. There has to be some discrimination here. There has to be something against Asian Americans specifically. This case is going to be something more than just about admissions. The notion that noticing race is per se unconstitutional could be devastating for a number of areas of the law. An
[crowd murmuring] - a crucial supreme court ruling on affirmative action could come tomorrow, as colleges and universities grapple with the possibility that race might no longer be a factor in admissions. - the central question being decided this time: is should affirmative action continue forever in the name of diversity, and are the gains achieved worth the harms allegedly inflicted on asian american students? this is the most important civil rights case of our era. i don t think it s an overstatement to say they re freaking out right now. one admissions official told me, some colleges are so worried about being sued in the wake of this decision that they re thinking about scrubbing racial and ethnic data from their websites. there has to be some discrimination here. there has to be something against asian americans specifically. this case is going to be something more than just about admissions. the notion that noticing race is per se unconstitutional could be devastating
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