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#379 – Randall Kennedy: The N-Word – History of Race, Law, Politics, and Power

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The Importance of Representation in Pursuing Fields like Physics

The Supreme Court of the United States is currently considering a case challenging the affirmative action programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina/nMost people believe that the Supreme Court will limit or abolish affirmative action/nUniversities use the diversity ground to justify affirmative action, citing pedagogical benefits/nHowever, the speaker questions whether diversity is the true reason behind affirmative action policies, citing a lack of effort to bring in other diverse groups like foreign students or religious fundamentalists

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