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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 ...
Sowell writes that affirmative action policies encourage non-preferred groups to designate themselves as members of preferred groups [i.e., primary beneficiaries of affirmative action] to take advantage of group preference policies; that they tend to benefit primarily the most fortunate among the preferred group (e.g., upper and middle class ...
Sen. J.D. Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate for vice president of the United States and a white man, is firmly anti-affirmative action.Many white people, including professors make claims about ...
The ruling determined in Bakke acted as “a catalyst for voluntary affirmative action programs.” [1] Researchers suggest that the development of such programs for the sake of increasing campus diversity explains the controversy surrounding the implementation of Proposition 209 and Bakke marks the origination of affirmative action debates.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday to decide whether to throw college affirmative action programs in the dustbin of history, and the highest court in the land appears poised to ...
After the Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear the affirmative action cases against Harvard and the University of North Carolina, experts are
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 ]
When the Supreme Court rules on a case involving UNC-Chapel Hill this summer, it will be one of a handful of decisions the court has made on affirmative action.