and i think that across the board, the vast majority of the american people don t agree with a lot of the decisions the courts are making. president biden in an exclusive interview with my colleague, nicolle wallace, responding to today s very predictable supreme court decision on affirmative action. and that is where we begin tonight, with the united states supreme court once again turning the arc of justice away from equality and back to the early 20th century. striking down the use of affirmative action in college admissions. the roberts court, which wouldn t even look like the court it is today without affirmative action, decided that race conscious admissions programs at harvard university and the university of north carolina violate equal protection under the constitution. it is fitting then that it would be the court s first black woman justice, ketanji brown jackson, who clearly articulated the cost of this latest regression. writing in her dissent, with let them
overall, it is hoped this census will provide a clearer view. so, for the first time, sexuality and gender identity will be a matter of national record. what difference will that make? well, some organisations say the data could be very useful. both in terms of funding and, for this youth homelessness charity, how best to focus support. as we expand our services, we would like to know where young people are that identify as lgbtq plus, so that we can target those areas and make our services go further. landmark buildings lit up in census purple ahead of this sunday, the day to base your answers on. in scotland, the census has been pushed back a year. in northern ireland, there s no question on gender identity. nevertheless, a hope it might all shine some sort of light on the society we live in. jessica parker, bbc news. and that s it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bri
concept of separate but equal. black students were told, yeah, you can have a school, but it s going to be a sck with old useless text books which is only open when it isn t planting season and that didn t end officially until brown v. board of education in 1954. then in the 1960s, white segregationist mobs rioted when the black students had the temerity to try to attend schools like the university of mississippi. and who could porget governor george wallace physically blocking the doors to the university of alabama? apparently, at least six members of the court have forgotten, the current court, anyway. it s only really been since the 1960s that we have had any real promise of racial equality and education or any promise of fairness in society. and that was thanks to chief justice earl warren s supreme court in the 1950s and 60s, which revolutionized america, dramatically expanding civil rights and civil liberties for all americans.
identity. all the stories i have told harvard, which is the reason i got in, were directly correlated with my race because i live as a black woman every single day. and a lot of my peers and counterparts that are also black, like i get to hear their amazing stories and what they get to do every day that you just need in a school like harvard. so yeah. andrew, you testified i think in one of the lower court cases. i would love to know what you make of the decision and how you think it will change the university from which you graduated if people cannot freely, the university cannot freely choose students like you? thanks, joy. yeah, i think it s important to remember the context at unc in which this decision has been made. when i was a student at unc, there school was 11% black in a state that was 22% black. you know, joy, i have grown up my entire life in the south. but it wasn t until my time at
this kind of malfeasance by these supreme court justices is utterly ridiculous. white folk get the hook up, black folk get the hook. we have to understand we have to continue to strategize like we did before there was affirmative action so we can have a long plan. schools can still consider race among many other factors. you can t stop a school from saying diversity is incredibly important and name that diversity in ways that obscure the race for strategic purposes. let me ask you what you make of clarence thomas concurrence. that is a shameful manifestation of a lethal and malignant black self hatred that continues to express itself in the durition he holds black people. this is an unfortunate and remarkable situation where a black man who used affirmative action because his mead ocerousy is not a secret. his inarticulate vowels continue