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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Carol Platt Liebau: Lessons From the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision
Description: With Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and University of North Carolina, the Supreme Court abolished affirmative action. It clarified that our government has no business picking “winners and losers” based on skin color. Since 1978, affirmative action has been justified on the “diversity” rationale. After last week’s decision, some worry college campuses will become less racially diverse. But discriminating by skin color isn’t the best way to address that concern. Ironically, those hysterically denouncing the Students for Fair admissions decision also oppose school choice. Yet it’s often black and Latino children who are trapped in...