indictments he s facing. plus, actor marcus scribner is in our simone spotlight. once a star of the tv company black-ish, now in the final season of grown-ish. what s next in his career and role and climate change activism? i m simone sanders-townsend, and i have something to. so it s been just over a week since the six conservative justices on the united states supreme court upended decades of precedent, banning the consideration of race in the polyp college admissions process. now americans are beginning to evaluate this new terrain, with some launching new efforts in the fight for racial equity in education. others working overtime to shut out students of color. this week, a group called lawyers forced civil rights or lcr fall to complete against harvard university. one of the respondents on the supreme court s admissions case is on behalf of three civil rights organizations based in boston. they re asking the federal government to intervene and abolish a system call
complete against harvard university. one of the respondents on the supreme court s admissions case is on behalf of three civil rights organizations based in boston. they re asking the federal government to intervene and abolish a system called legacy preference. legacy preferences were children of alumni or major donors at institutions like harvard or getting special considerations and imitations process. the complaint says each year, haulage carver grads special preference in its admissions process to hundreds of mostly white students. not because of anything they ve accomplished, but rather solely because of who their relatives are. i asked a lead lawyer behind all sears complaint, michael about the effort. take a listen. in light of the supreme court s decision and reference for the last week, it is all the more imperative to root out any types of policies in higher education that harm communities of color and predominately benefit white applicants. and these donor and legacy pr