NAACP challenges legacy admissions after Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action

SCOTLAND THAN OTHER PARTS OF THE UK. >>> HARVARD UNIVERSITY IS FACING ANOTHER CHALLENGE TO ITS ADMISSIO PROCESS BY FAME CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP AND ITS ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT FAVORS THE CHILDREN OF THE MOSTLY WHITE ALUMNI . >> THE COLLEGES MUST IGNORE APPLICANT'S RACE WHEN MAKING DECISIONS. >> AND MSNBC LEGAL ANALYST EXPLAINS WHAT THIS MEANS. AND THEIR CALLING ON MORE THAN 500 PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND MORE THAN 1300 PRIVATE COLLEGES TO END LEGACY PREFERENCES AND WHY IS AND IN THE LEGACY ADMISSION SUCH A BIG DEAL? >> THEY PERPETUATE RACIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND THEY ARE NOT JUSTIFIED BUT ANY AMY EDUCATIONAL NECESSITY AND THEY DO NOT CONSIDER AN APPLICANT'S CREDENTIALS AND ONLY THEIR FAMILIAL TIES AND APPLICANTS FROM PREDOMINANTLY WHITE OR AFFLUENT BACKGROUNDS ALREADY HAVE AN ADVANTAGE IN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND IT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM AND NOW POST AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, FAVORING WEALTH AND PRIVILEGE IS GETTING NEW SCRUTINY . >> HARVARD HAS SAID IT WILL NOT BE COMMENTING BUT DO YOU THINK THERE IS A VALID LEGAL CLAIM TO ENDING LEGACY ADMISSIONS OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE VOLUNTARILY BY THE SCHOOL ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS? >> THERE ARE CERTAINLY MERITS IN THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES HARVARD USES DONOR AND LEGACY PREFERENCES TO DISCRIMINATE IN VIOLATION OF TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1994 AND IT PROHIBITS UNJUSTIFIED IMPASSE ON INDIVIDUALS BASED ON THEIR RACE IN FEDERALLY FUNDED INSTITUTIONS LIKE HARVARD. IT WILL FALL ON HARVARD TO DEMONSTRATE THESE PRACTICES ARE EDUCATIONALLY NECESSARY AND IF THE FAILED TO DO SO AND THE COURT AGREES WITH THE PLAINTIFF'S CLAIMS THAT IT DISADVANTAGES STUDENTS OF COLOR THAN THE LAWSUIT COULD . >> IS T POSSIBLE THAT THE ISSUE DOES END UP IN SOME WAYS WENT TO THE SUPREME COURT AND WHAT ARE REALLY THE ISSUES THAT THE JUSTICES WOULD BE DELVING INTO? >> WE ARE A LONG WAY OFF FROM ANY POTENTIAL SUPREME COURT DISCUSSION ON THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE IT IS BEFORE THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND IT INVOLVES AN INVESTIGATION AND POTENTIAL NEGOTIATION AND OTHER POTENTIAL THREATS SUCH AS A FEDERAL FUNDING POOL AND THAT ALL NEEDS TO BE EXHAUSTED BEFORE THE MATTER EVEN GETS TO THE LOWER

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Length: 3min 12sec (192 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 05 2023