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The modern history begins in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy in 1961 issued Executive Order 10925, which required government contractors to take "affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin."
A crux of SFFA’s argument against UNC was an allegation that the university gave underrepresented minority students an advantage in the admissions process, while hindering “high-achieving ...
Michael Wang, whom USA Today called "a poster child for the anti-affirmative action movement" who had filed discrimination complaints against three universities with the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights in 2013 and met with SFFA's founder, later said, "a part of me regrets what I've put forward". Wang clarified that he did not ...
The justices ruled in favor of a group called Students for Fair Admissions, founded by anti-affirmative action activist Edward Blum, in its appeal of lower court rulings upholding programs used at ...
The arguments marked the latest step in a closely-watched lawsuit that Blum's group filed after a different organization the affirmative action opponent founded successfully convinced the ...
And yet, he is a one-man crusade against affirmative action who has played the long game, with eight lawsuits in the Supreme Court to undermine Black people since 1996. Blum founded his Project on ...
Opponents of affirmative action for women argue that affirmative action plans legalize reverse discrimination by favoring less qualified women. [9] Another argument is that affirmative action plans are not necessary because discrimination on the basis of sex is prohibited by federal law. [10]
A majority conservative Supreme Court could soon reverse affirmative action, making Black and other minority students vulnerable to discriminatory admission […] The post Advocates debunk claims ...