My segment today on @ABCNewsLive. Court says racial identity per se does not contribute to diversity — essentially denies existence of structural racism (race can't be a proxy for lived experience) pic.twitter.com/MthMTivgFh
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) June 29, 2023
THREAD. Admissions officer here 🙋🏾♀️ IMO Harvard/UNC opinion is much narrower than I expected it to be and impact will be much less than I see a lot of people suggesting — and possibly give institutions MORE ability to curate classes based on diversity interests 1/
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) June 29, 2023
My point is that if you think race can't be a proxy for experience or perspective, fine. But there are a number of other diversity proxies used in admissions (geography, nationality, gender, socioeconomic status, fist gen college, etc.) and the question is why those are different
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) June 29, 2023
If we're not careful SCOTUS might one day become politicized https://t.co/GPdjQHpD9e
— Eli Valley (@elivalley) June 29, 2023
‘The real question is WHY are we letting Leonard Leo get away with this?! ‘
Sam Alito and the Billionaire— @Slate #Amicus podcast @Dahlialithwick & @mjs_DC …https://t.co/MPqZdM2aSu#scotus #samalito #paulsinger #grift #graft #greed #corruption #supremecourt— Jack Hutton 🇺🇸 @jackhutton@mstdn.social (@jackhutton) June 22, 2023
Some highlights of #SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Jackson's dissent on today's #affirmativeaction decision:
"Our country has never been colorblind. Given the lengthy history of state-sponsored race-based preferences in America, to say that anyone is now victimized if a college…"
MORE— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) June 29, 2023
