The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked Purdue Pharma from going forward with bankruptcy proceedings, which the Biden administration has called an “unprecedented” arrangement that would ultimately offer the Sackler family broad protection from opioid-related civil claims.
Ok, still a ways to go before celebration, but we’re trending in the right direction. So, I’m choosing optimism.
AA was not racially biased, it was necessary and it still is
“After California banned race-conscious admissions in 1996, the proportions of Black and Latino students at UCLA, one of the most elite school’s in the state’s system, fell drastically. By 2006, a decade later, only 96 Black students enrolled in a freshman class of nearly 5,000. They became known as the Infamous 96.”
Defending that is seriously messed up. Everyone agrees that AA wasn’t perfect, but it was the most effective way of diversifying student bodies. Racist Republicans got what they wanted, it’s as simple as that.
Why is everyone so surprised? SCOTUS makes the “correct” decision quite often.
Independent Legislature Theory? Shot down.
VRA? Upheld.
Racially Biased Admission Criteria? Junked.
Indian Child Welfare Act? Upheld.
AA was not racially biased, it was necessary and it still is
“After California banned race-conscious admissions in 1996, the proportions of Black and Latino students at UCLA, one of the most elite school’s in the state’s system, fell drastically. By 2006, a decade later, only 96 Black students enrolled in a freshman class of nearly 5,000. They became known as the Infamous 96.”
https://www.npr.org/live-updates/supreme-court-affirmative-action-harvard-unc
Defending that is seriously messed up. Everyone agrees that AA wasn’t perfect, but it was the most effective way of diversifying student bodies. Racist Republicans got what they wanted, it’s as simple as that.