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Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard
Aug 15, 2023
The podcast discusses the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard case, exploring topics such as race and admissions at Harvard and UNC, the true heirs of Thurgood Marshall, the creation of the Freedmen's Bureau, Justice Clarence Thomas's misinterpretation of the 14th Amendment, analyzing the Gorsuch and Kavanaugh concurrences, dissents on affirmative action and racial inequality, and the work of making the world a better place.
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- Affirmative action is a necessary response to the long history of discrimination in the United States.
- Justice Sotomayor critiques the majority's attempt to claim the mantle of Thurgood Marshall and argues that Marshall fought for true equal opportunity.
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History of discrimination and the unfairness of affirmative action
Patentji Brown Jackson's dissent highlights the long history of discrimination in the United States, from slavery to segregation and systemic racism. She argues that affirmative action is a necessary response to this history and that claims of unfairness are unfounded.
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