lgbtq protections, the court ruled in favor of a christian web designer in colorado, who refuses to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings out of religious objections. and the supreme court also ruled on thursday that 40 plus years of affirmative action admission policies are unconstitutional. meaning universities can no longer consider race when admitting students. joining me now is alfonso david, he is an attorney, lgbtq civil rights activist, and president and ceo of the global black economic forum. thank you so much for being with us and joining us tonight in the middle of all you re doing at this festival. alfonso, i you re joining us from the essence festival. here in new orleans, as i would
of profiling them in a case dealing with crime, but it cannot be used race cannot be used as a factor, as one factor in the mission of them into college. that is the egregious nature of this supreme court, that has been stacked by the likes of former president donald trump and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, former senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. but we have to be strategic. that s why the congressional black caucus institute is doing this national summer of action that will culminate at the 60th anniversary on the march on washington. we are going directly to the people to strategize, to mobilize, and organize. in fact today, reverend sharpton, we kicked off our civic education at training. we had a room filled with young black men, talking about how they can lend their voice to these important issues around public safety, around food
next day on affirmative action. and then the next day after that on the student debt loans. still i was heartened to see he was already looking forward to how he could and what he could do through executive authority to help the people that would suffer from this. and of course, what it would lead to in next year s election. i talk a lot about what drives the base, whose base is more energized. and since roe s reversal, democrats have predicted that the abortion issue would drive women voters next year. i like to think that these rulings on affirmative action and student debt will do the same with black voters that the president has lost some ground. with do you see that happening, congressman? yes, but we have to be intentional about making it happen. look, the supreme court said that race could be used against a young black man in the course
race cannot even be a deciding factor among the other things that are still there. and, when you look at the implications of this decision, yes. you can talk about what a black being black help you to develop your character and develop whatever, but the decision cannot include that you dealt with the basis of that race. so you can say i could feel good about it or bought about it, but i can t say at the end. so it really neutralizes it. the ruling applies to raced-based affirmative action, but does not address legacy admissions, which tend to mostly benefit white students. the ruling also allows race based affirmative action to continue at the military academies. because of what the court calls potentially distinct interests. what do you make of these contradictions? is there a possibility of a
trump, they only needed two more. and it s going to impact more than college students. because they can use the same using race as a criteria is unconstitutional, which they say, they can use that in contracts, employment, board seats. this has wide ranging damage, potentially across the board, specifically starting with schools. what s your reaction to all of this, mister chairman? well first, thank you for having me on, reverend sharpton. look. i want the minority to to be the majority opinion. donald trump asked black people in 2016 what you have to lose? well now we found out that the supreme court, this ultraconservative ideologically driven supreme court, what black people have to lose. we have the fundamental rights around voting, around access to