Julie Park: If diversity is still a priority, colleges might look at dropping policies like legacy admissions that do traditionally help affluent white kids. Eric Hoover: I think from the civil rights community, what we're hearing very much is this kind of call of we won't go back. We want to see support for students from all different backgrounds,. both racial, ethnic, but then also economic, to be able to access higher education and have it be a space where they can thrive.
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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