The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled to overturn affirmative action in how colleges consider race when reviewing student applications, Yahoo Finance Legal Reporter Alexis Keenan explains. The segment is from June 29, 2023.
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Affirmative Action is preferential treatment given to certain races. Otherwise known as racism. How can you dispute that?
@Geoffrey Chauvin I don’t think many people are ignorant and naive enough to believe that.
@Jennifer Nordlund so you support racial discrimination?
@steven perry did you read anything I wrote? Apparently not with any comprehension.
@Jennifer Nordlund so you don’t support affirmative action?
Because it sounds like you do…
Which means you support racial discrimination…
Unless you are stupid and don’t know what the definition of discrimination is, which is common among people that support affirmative action..
They dispute it cause the left wants it so.
That’s how it works today in western world.
Awesome. Ending racism is a good thing
@Daniel Glover, piano, Дэниел Гловер
The whole way back to racism? Democrats has been and always will be the party of racism.
@Daniel Glover, piano, Дэниел ГловерI can’t tell if you’re trolling or not to be honest, everyone with a brain knows that the left is dividing the country on purpose to claim they’ll fix racism to win elections
are you sure about that? my people (asians) will be going back to taking over universities. you guys think you have a chance without affirmative action?
@Daniel Glover, piano, Дэниел Гловерhow about dont vote at all. Both parties are the same
@Stanley Green both parties are not the same at all. I don’t see Democrats taking away rights from women LGBT and determining school curricula at the state level. I see Democrats trying to limit who can get guns and working towards eliminating the AR-15. I see Democrats doing something to help the economy and the middle class. I see Democrats helping immigrants whereas Republlguns ship them to other states.
Poor racist liberals are crying
This was an excellent ruling. You racist Marxists will have to do better than your competition now, which means you’re screwed, because Marxists are garbage people with no skills.
How come Biden won the counties which generate 70 percent of the economy? How come red states are poor coast to coast and dependent on blue states for their federal aid? It’s because conservatives lack skills and talent and start small businesses instead of going to college.
This is Great end the racism against whites
As if you conservatives ever had a chance of getting into college? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Striking down racism.. GO SCOTUS!
Thank god. I go to unc and affirmative action honestly causes discrimination in a convoluted way. Ive been denied from working in labs despite being highly knowledgable on the research being done. The reason: i was white and they wanted a “minority”. Its bs. This school lets in people based on race who didnt do well in school and deny those whove worked hard to be here… but why? Because they arent a “minority”. Its racist tbf.
Look at all these white people thinking blacks are not intelligent or hard working enough fo get into colleges. Its honestly horrifying seeing college kids being this racist
Most conservatives are too dumb to get into college and this will never affect them. That’s the funny part. 😂😂😂😂😂
You can’t be racist. You can’t make people do things you don’t believe in. You have to pay your debts. Oh my, such an extreme court!
Tell that to Donny Trump. He never pays his debts and has gone bankrupt six times. Read The Art of the Steal. We all know he stole the 2016 election. He’s never won an election. I speak Russian and they’ve admitted they stole the election for him.
*You can’t Identify as a 4.0 GPA with just a 1.3GPA and call it Affirmative Action!*
There’s nobody living in the United States right now that was a slave. End of story wipe your eyes America and move forward
Affirmative action is racism!
No it isn’t. And it will never affect you, since you didn’t go to college. Remember?
@Daniel Glover, piano, Дэниел Гловер
Affirmative action has been used to push through unqualified people on many fronts. From big business, to factories, to even the military. It’s not strictly used for college admissions. It’s not fair or equal on any account.
@Daniel Glover, piano, Дэниел Гловер
It’s accepting or promoting people due to the color of their skin. That’s pretty much the definition of racism and totally contradicts the Civil Rights Act.
Our nation was formed by slave holders who said, “All men are created equal”, Comedian George Carlin.
You’re welcome to pay for their college
You cannot move forward by looking backwards. George Carlin was a comedian and not a historian or scholar. No one mentions the people who sold the slaves to those bringing them to America who captured their own people, enslaved them and sold them. They started the slave trade and are the root cause.
@Cipher Code My taxes can go to college kids need for support. Many of the great scientific breakthroughs in science, and engineering came from college kids of the 60’s that had access to free, or nearly free college financing programs in California, and some other states. It’s better spent money than on the chronic warmongering designed in the USA to keep wall street investors filthy rich stealing money from the taxpayers to finance the military industrial complex.
Is anyone else laughing hysterically at all the uneducated and ignorant conservatives on here who are celebrating this ruling, despite the fact we all know conservatives are too dumb to get into college in the first place?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. These are the people who start hotdog stands and call themselves a small business. Did you know Biden won the counties which generate 70 percent of our GDP? Conservatives are pretty much useless moochers.
You need some serious mental help
@Jay Massno I don’t. I have a PhD and speak six languages. I bet you don’t.
@Daniel Glover, piano, Дэниел Гловер
Haha. No I didn’t waste tons of money on useless classes that’ll never serve me, or that I would ever profit from.
@Jay Mass that’s because you’re too dumb to get into college. My education is my most valued asset and no property in the world is worth as much. Then again, you sell hotdogs and call yourself a small business. You’re not very inspiring. To say the least….
By the way, those of us with PhDs earn triple what you people with high school diplomas will earn over a lifetime. I rather value the fact I speak six languages and am learning a seventh. I had a nice conversation in Russian at the symphony last night with a total stranger.
This was the right decision and should have been done years ago, basing admission to any state or federally-funded educational institution on race is unconstitutional.
Ask the common plumber, truck driver, warehouse worker & those working two jobs to make ends meet, how they feel about bailing out those picking up the tab for those who are incapable of managing their student loans.
Ask Donny Trump how he feels now that these college graduates will use his technique of declaring bankruptcy to avoid paying back loans. He’s done it six times. By the way, please send him your social security check. He’s in a heap of legal troubles and doesn’t pay his lawyers. Will you help him out?
@Daniel Glover, piano, Дэниел Гловерhows your TDS
Doing..
I see your still mentally ill
@Daniel Glover, piano, Дэниел ГловерStudent loans can’t be nullified through a bankruptcy.
@John Adams indeed they can. If you have no assets, they can’t come after you. Ask Donny.
@John Adams from a reputable source:
For too long, a myth has persisted that student loans are not dischargeable in bankruptcy. The myth is not true because, in fact, student loans can be discharged bankruptcy.
2022
And another:
You may have your federal student loan discharged in bankruptcy only if you file a separate action, known as an “adversary proceeding,” requesting the bankruptcy court find that repayment would impose undue hardship on you and your dependents
Thank GOD AA has been struck down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let the law suits begin!!!!
This law suppressed Asians for 40 years. My daughter and son didn’t get into their favorite school (Cal) because of this law.
@steven perry everything I said justifies affirmative action. A school of all Asians is inferior to a school with mixed student bodies. If you’ve ever been in a university setting, you would know that.
@steven perry There used to be a time when neither Asians nor blacks were seen on TV either in ads or playing roles in shows. As a result, the perception was that neither Asians nor blacks were valuable members of society, who contributed anything to make our country what it was. We’ve since learned of the dangers of such mentality and approach. It’s a handicap and a bad thing. As I said above, when I judged a competition of all Asian students, I honestly couldn’t tell them apart. They looked and sounded alike and I had a hard time finding one who was better than the others.
This is a cut and paste and I can find dozens of similar quotes. I am a supporter of Affirmative Action and am aware that universities will find a way to continue to employ it so the students benefit from a more enriching environment.
Diversity is essential in the college and university experience because exposure to different people and their perspectives allows students to learn from one another. “Diversity gives you a chance for something new,”
@steven perry do you know the Mormon school Brigham Young University? Did you know that the tuition is lower for Mormon students compared to non-Mormon? That’s an aside note, but it’s almost like they don’t want non-cult members to go to their school. Their alleged logic is that church members already are required to give ten percent of their income to the church, so they get a discount.
Now I’ll play devil’s advocate here. Let’s say a university has one thousand Asian applicants who look exactly the same on paper. They have the same grade point average, same SAT scores and their essays are equally compelling. And they have ten black applicants with lower grades, who come from a place of poverty, but who wrote outstanding essays, which show a unique life experience and their presence on campus would enrich the lives of those who interact with them. Would you take ten more cookie cutter Asian students and overlook all the black students or give the black students a chance to improve the campus?
You can guess what my answer is. It’s a no brainer. If you want everyone to be alike and look alike, it’s better for you to go to a homogenized school, like BYU or move to Japan. No country exhibits more homogeneity than Japan. I’ve been many times. There’s a good reason schools like Harvard are so respected and admired. They’ve figured this out. They just got slapped with a lawsuit today challenging their legacy admissions. I think that’s a good thing and I hope they drop such influences. Just because your granddaddy went to Harvard and your family donated a building, doesn’t mean you should get automatic admission.
@Daniel Glover, piano, Дэниел Гловер you justification falls short.
In fact it’s dangerous, what you are advocating for is a system that reinforces racism by classifying humans based on skin color and background as all similar because of it.
You are advocating for a government classification of races, which is absurd because race is a social construct, and is therefore truly meaningless.
Humans must be judged individually and not as a group.
Culture is not based on race, it’s based on how you were raised.
@steven perry I’m advocating for a system which dismantles racism so that students of all races are given a chance and the schools aren’t 100 percent Asian. I’m advocating the opposite of what you advocate.
This is the worst generation of “Americans” ever.
Thank God !!
Democrats HATE that they can’t use racism to decide who gets into colleges….crazy!!
SC… Ok, we’ve screwed lgbtq and blacks and browns…. Now who can we take away rights from?
Privileges were revoked to ensure everyone’s rights were upheld.
Not a single right has been taken away
Equality sucks doesn’t it 🤣🤣…. Gays and lesbos are going back in the closet…. Whether you like it or not.
@FirstName LastName Get OVER yourself
MAGA first😮
But legacy admission is okay😂
Yes. AA is a racist policy. Legacy just means your parent attended and graduated. Since we know that parental attitude towards education is the #1 factor in their child’s success in education, legacy makes sense. If your parent successfully obtained a degree, it’s likely their child would to. Colleges want people who will be successful and graduate.
@FirstName LastName right! It has nothing to do with all the money their generations of wealthy white parents “donate”. 😂
No. But Affirmative action is Racism. Isn’t it obvious?
But not legacies. Odd …
Not racist.
SCOTUS struck down racism and discrimination against whites and Asians.
Get the headline right.
The supreme court had to tell democrats that they cannot be racist…….again. When will they ever learn? Why do they think black people are stupid?
Time to strike down affirmative action everywhere! Affirmative action is discriminatory and illegal per the Civil Rights Act of 1964!
if you are not smart enough then you should not get into college end of story…….
While were over here like crabs in a barrel chinas steadily creeping.
Oh no say it ain’t so…. you’re going to have to get in on your own merits?
I bet her farts smell very bad
The woke universities will continue to use affirmative action; they’ll just call it something else. “Uh, let’s see, this young lady is named Keisha La’Treesha Washington, she is from Baltimore, and she received a 19 on her ACT. She goes to the top of the list.” Because she’s from Baltimore, you see, and that’s a low income area. And “affirmative action” is still used, but it’s framed in economic terms, not racial ones. Very simple.
So you can’t go to college based just on your color. Seems like a step towards equality.
Does this mean that top schools will be only women because they have better grades?
“Top schools” are inanimate organizations. They are neither male or female. And you wonder why you can’t get into a good college! LOL!
Then be better.
@DJY we know which side of the bell curve you’re on. Statistically women are smarter than men, so therefore, all of the top colleges should admit only women if they want the smartest people.
Wow, I don’t have to be denied access to college because of the fact that I’m white. I can just hear the white hating bigots wailing about that one.
Good job 👏👏👏
Mommy 😭
So EVERYONE must study and work hard? Oh no! The humanity!
Yet people are complaining about a decision which specifically makes it illegal to consider someone’s race as a qualifying attribute..?
Un. Freaking. Believable.
This sellout wants her own people pushed down so that undeserving others can be elevated. Sickening.
Any student loan forgiveness should be forgiven by the college that sold them their worthless degree.
Fun fact: college graduates earn double what those with high school diplomas earn. I have a PhD, which means I earn triple that amount.
What you don’t understand is that it isn’t the universities which give them loans. They’re either bank loans or federal loans.
Maybe they should follow the example of Donny Trump. He never pays back his loans and he’s bankrupted six companies. Read The Art of the Steal. And yes, student loans can be exonerated by declaring bankruptcy.
And if you’re wondering, I graduated debt free. My parents were poor and I got a lot of scholarships as a result. By the time I earned my PhD, I was working full time. I gave my parents the downpayment on their red state home at the same time. That’s what liberals do.
Makes sense to me
Finally! People scream and yellow about race problems in this country so why not start fixing it with this. Your brains are what make you not your skin tone !!!!!
Finally!
Scream and yell. 😆
This seemed to be affecting Asians/Indians the worst. Glad to see they’ll be able to be judged on their performance and not their ethnicity. I was actually friends with an Asian kid who didn’t get into his first 2 picks for college because they were basically at their “Asian capacity”. Thank God this type of stuff won’t happen anymore.
I really think the court goes how can we make America more shitty
Ah yes…the creatures from the deep south strike again.
HAHA stupid liberal pukes 🤮
Let’s be real they couldn’t afford it during the government shutdown so they cut to make compromises now we do the blame game politics 101
Now Democrats are all mad because they cant discriminate against whites in college admissions.
Y’all are so dumb it’s unreal… With them taking away this right, the discrimination will be at an all time high …
Long past due
Then days later they rule LGBTQ people are no longer protected or treated equal under the law! Their a bunch of oxymorons! Ik “it doesnt mean that”. Awe F O…
Too late. I’ve already been homeless my whole life.
Looting stores, stealing Disney characters, robbing people of college. That’s a good jeopardy question.
What is poverty, Alex?
White people are going to be in for a Huge surprise whenever they see all the colleges filled with smart Asian kids instead of their children😂😂😂😂
Forget affirmative action , colleges do not allow local kids to go to their school as a freshmen , it is all about out of state kids paying big bucks , the University of Pittsburgh does this every year , kids living in Oakland are shut out no matter how smart they are
Colleges are racist
I wonder how they tricked all those Asian kids that pose for that picture at the beginning because they struck down affirmative action because it was going against Asian people
Affirmative action was alway stupid , the democrats thought it would give them more votes
Hayden & Hakeem both graduate high school with a 4.0 GPA, both play 🏈, both volunteer in their community, both will use a combination of scholarships & student loans to pay. They apply to the same college & only Hayden gets accepted, because now the college can legally curate a campus without POC.
The misconception of Affirmative Action is that it meant POC got into college if they weren’t smart. That’s a lie.
You assume Hayden is what color? Can you predict skin color by a person’s name? What color is Raphael?
Racists are big mad over this
Wow. Content character above color of skin. what a concept.
Females are to be seen not heard 💯
All these long term politicians and their insider investments could cover alot of tuitions.
I bet they’d be deeply honored to write those checks considering how strongly they advocated for it.
Unless their lying to you.
Surely not.
Cant remember if Michelle Obama offered to write any during her sad sad article after the supreme court ruling…..oh that’s right couldn’t find a pen on that huge yacht I guess.
The Obamas could have easily said.
Because Barack and I don’t agree with Supreme Court’s decision today we’re going to donate and relieve the debt of x number of students in this country.
Didn’t make that commitment did they?
Interesting.
Now sue the universities, government and corporate America for past discrimination hiring policies.
All this shows me how dumb americans are. All the supreme court does is decide if something os constitutional or not. Thats it. Theres no personal opinion there. NOBODY IN THIS COUNTRY KNOWS HOW ANYTHING WORKS. Ha ha ha and i assume its meant to be that way. Oh boy😂😂
Good to see common sense has prevailed somewhere
Most college degrees are rip offs.
Yes! There are NO free rides.
Maybe my Daughter will get in by Merit rather than have to falsify her application by saying she’s an Asian Quaker or Pacific island Quaker to get bumped up ahead of the line
Affirmative action is Racism. Isn’t it obvious?
Stop the BS Affirimitive action moved POC from 15 to 30% of college kids, with Asians who I think aren’t included taking up another 20%, up hugely and that either due to demographics or birth rate. Whites are down 20 pts more than POC are up from affirmitive action and thats cause whites are having fewer and fewer kids. Duhhhhhhhh In states without affirmitive action the drop in POC amounts to 2% of the overall student population, and 7% of POC, that is 7% of the 30% they represent. Affirmitive action DID IT”S JOB. I’d like to see it stay, but stop ENABLING the GOP to juice up their horrible voters and extremists to take action.
Buckle up… Rooney Rule and Race quotas are next. We are a Republic, Democrats have no place here. 🇺🇸
No, you can’t be a racist.
How’s anybody going to do anything without affirmative action?!
It seems the current six justices are rolling back the clock 60 years to the “good-old-days”. Make the court 13 befire more damage is done.
Private is a business so they can do what ever they want, Harvard the racist. Unless they take government money.
the only systemic racist legislation i was aware of is stricken down .. it seems like there’s a light at the end of the tunnel … a long dark tunnel ..
Diversity means chasing down the last White person. No White Guilt Forever! ❤
Merit and intellect.
They still have sports.😂🎉
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Black fragility is on full display right now. 😂
Asian diversity is going to go up! Because they EARNED their place in school. Not because it was given to them.
Earn it
They did the right thing. You cannot discriminate based on race
Those students all look like rejects. What the hell college is this?
I was under the impression that systematic racism was bad.
😂
Yes… let’s make the underachieving students,, be your Doctors, your Pilots, your Educators… In the name of Equality? That’s called Insanity! we don’t want the “Few” that are the best, we’ll settle for the “Mediocre” in the name of… Inclusion and Equality?
Black
When affirmative action was removed, some people say that it means everyone has an equal chance and that there is no prejudice or racism. They believe that now, selection is only based on merit and not affected by racial bias or discrimination. However, it’s crucial to remember that this argument ignores the lasting effects of systemic racism, which can still lead to unfairness and inequality even without affirmative action policies in place.
Unqualified black people aren’t taking your spots. The people taking your spots are legacy applicants.
In that photograph of students there are no Asians or whites because they were turned away even though they had better grades.
Let’s go back to what Martin Luther King said let’s judge a person on their character and not the color of their skin.
Oh no you won’t be given a job even though you’re dangerously underqualified. What a terrible thing?? 🤔