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Breaking: Supreme Court Shoots Down Affirmative Action. (www.washingtonpost.com)

submitted 1 year ago by African_Grey@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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Affirmative Action has now ended in the United States.

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[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

Obviously Affirmative Action wasn't something that should be in place forever, but any reasonable person has to see that it sought to un-tip scales that were already heavily tipped. The process for removing Affirmative Action should not be "well let's ask some old people whether we should remove it", it should have been a long term study showing the impact of the measure, and perhaps come up with a plan for scaling it back until it was no longer needed. Removing it outright without any kind of intelligence behind it is just...irresponsible.