Students for fair admissions in this lawsuit are led by a longtime opponent of affirmative action named Edward Bloom. The assumption that race necessarily informs something about anyone's qualifications is antithetical to this court's precedence and to our Constitution, says David Gergen. "In the case of Harvard and other elite universities, that thumb on the scale is now diminishing the opportunity of Asian Americans," he adds.
The Supreme Court ruled against race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard and UNC. The ruling is likely to reshape affirmative action in America.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Miles Bryan, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Michael Raphael, and hosted by Noel King.
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