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meritocracy approve of this decisiony ap. a few d just a few days ago, cbs newss ran a poll asking americans about this very issue. ver70% responded that colleges should not be allowed to use race in college admissions. a new york times poll recentlyam found 60% of democrats also oppose race as a factor in admissions. americans across the country have rejected affirmative action at the ballot box, too, evenat the b in blue state calia in the 2020 election. democratic leaders in the state put affirmative action on the ballot. the pre action oo affirmative an activists, the governor, both supp senators, even the golden state warriors, pushed voters to support the initiativthey oe they outspent opponents of oppon affirmative action by 19 to 1. and in the end, nearly 60% of californians voted to kill affirmative action. . it didn t work. no matter how hard the democratic party matte trieo matter how much money spen wpin, the american people have rejected the view that we sh ....
i don t agree. this this after a group of asian-american students filed complaint against harvard and the university of north carolinaa hill, alleging that ta they failed to employ racet neutral admissions practices. now the majority opinion delivered, chief justice john roberts said that any studenn t, quote, must be treat based on his or her experiencebs . an individual not on the basis of race, highlighting the importance of this case in a rare move. noarw justices clarence thomas d and sonia sotomayor also and actually read their opinions from the bench now, with justice thomas declaring, quote, at alnow l forms discrimination based on race, including so-called action, areo prohibited under the u.s. co. titutionhi now, a harvard did, in fact, release a statement following the decision acknowledging that the court ruled their admissions policies did not comply with the 14th amendment, the equal protection clause in the constitution and the civil rights act. but har ....
Can t sit through lectures. unbelievable. because and that s why we need to get rid o f lectures. fa that s how far they re willing to lower the standardsilling jut to admit their ratio. do you think that these people at usc and harvard really care about the interests ofck black americans? no. they want someone on theirokle booklet. they want a face. t. they don t want a person. i care about a person. and you know what people are? people are so much more than just their race. they re the sum total of all their life backgrounds, accomplishment s, experiences, ambitions. that s who they should be. and that s they how they should, be judged on, not their race. that s why i support this s why idecision. decisi kenny when you talk to your w fellow classmatehes of allt do different backgrounds, what did they say about this decision t?a they say the way that most americans do. 75% of americans don t support ....
To promote a rich diversity on our campus. and this decision today reall is giving us the opportunity to really come together in a different way in y, to find ways to make sure that we re promoting diversity lawfully. oh following the supreme court decision. bu decisit we remain undeterred arh the efforts of diversity on our campus. horace cooper is a project 21 member, and he joins us now. horace, they will not be deterred. i gues okay. so i guess we ve got to goe goto through a little bit ofhist history, lawrence. in 1954, the supremeorawrence. t ruled that it was no longer lawful for states to limit the ability ofo black students to attend schools. do you know what we saw in you o response? mostly democrats resistance, refusal. we re going to come up ways.we arete we are not going to accept this ....
And quote, i agree with that . e ement from the defense from from the dissent, thd court has effectively ende affirmative action in college admissions. and i strongly, strongly disagree with the court s decision. so joe biden says race is just one factor in a qualified pool of applicantso . but let s look at harvard and defend it. in this casefendan. applicants with the highest test scores and gpas had different acceptanceores and rates r depending on what their race was. asian-american studente was.s h. below a 13% acceptance rate. white americans were just above. 15, but african-american students in the same groupt afr% over 50% acceptance rate. is tha rate.t what the left is calling equality? no. in their eye s, equality is diversity. i ve always believed that one of the greatest trends of america you tried to hear me say, it is our about diversity.t but i believe that if you haveiy any doubt abouou ht this, just k ....