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
Grandmother its my Great Fortune to welcome you to this panel, this wonderful discussion well have about the presidency of Richard Nixon and the lessons thin, and im also happy to invite you to a conversation. Well be able to have on that same theme and that same question. Before we get started in ernest, though, it is fitting that we take a moment to remember the space that were in, and who founds it. Tonight we are gathered in at the First Amendment center here at vanderbilt yard which is founded by john seigenthaler. You may not be aware of his legacy, he served for 43 years as an awardwinning journalist for the tennessean, and his retirement he was editor, publisher, and ceo. And in 1982 he became the founding editorial director of usa today and served in that position for a decade. Seigenthaler left journalism to serve in the u. S. Justice department as Administrative Assistant to attorney general robert f. Kennedy. His work in the field of civil rights let to center field as chie
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At 7 45, Natasha Warikoo examines what College Students in the u. S. And uk think about race and diversity programs. And on booktv after words program, Lissa Muscatine reports on alternatives to traditional banking. Todd starn offers thoughts on americas political and Cultural Landscape and wrapping up at 11 00 peter looks at gentrification in new york, new orleans, and los angeles and what happens in these cities. I had orders taking me to fort hood, texas. And i thought it isnt fair if i go to fort hood and they go overseas. I canceled the request and went overseas. What an idiot. Everything is going my way. A lot of fire fights. I am a senior ee6 and get everything i want. I am good at getting compliments. Did you get a hair cut . Some of you got that and some didn didnt. We got a phone call on april 10th, 2012 and they said look, we have ieds in the city and need you to check it out. Got the gear on and swept the area. Took off my bag and i sat on the ground. When it hit the ground