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Affirmative Action Ruled Unconstitutional by U.S. Supreme Court: Superficial v. Substantive Diversity | SYSTEM UPDATE #108

System Update with Glenn Greenwald

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The Supreme Court's Decision to Allow Colleges and Universities to Take Reason to Account

prince university president christopher lis grover said in an email that he will work vigorously to preserve and indeed grow the diversity of our community while fully respecting the law as announced today. He's vowing to double down on the kind of diversity the court today just ruled was deeply and fundamentally offensive to court constitutional guarantees. The New York Times found it extremely interesting because they don't even feel like they have to pretend to believe that black and Latino students are less capable than their white and Asian counterparts. That's what makes this whole mentality so repulsive that is the message they are constantly reinforcing in order to feel good about themselves, says Sotomayor.

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