It's most likely a wrap for Affirmative Action today
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I highly recommend people take a listen to the podcast More Perfect and episode The Architect.
The Architect | More Perfect | WNYC Studios
Inside one man's quest to take down affirmative action once and for all.www.wnycstudios.org
Most of the time, I would choose to leave that info and try not to write anything that may persuade judgment. This isn’t one of those times. This episode is all about the current cases and dives into why they exists. In short, it’s another power move by conservative law makers, funders, and supporters who were pissed off about equatable measures taken.
Education policy is the tool being used to challenge affirmative action as a whole.
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He Worked for Years to Overturn Affirmative Action and Finally Won. He’s Not Done. (Published 2023)
Edward Blum’s latest victory at the Supreme Court is the culmination of a long fight to take race out of college admissions. Is the workplace next?
He Worked for Years to Overturn Affirmative Action and Finally Won. He’s Not Done.
Edward Blum’s latest victory at the Supreme Court is the culmination of a long fight to take race out of college admissions. Is the workplace next?- Share full article
Edward Blum calls himself a “matchmaker,” finding plaintiffs and pairing them with lawyers in an effort to remove race-conscious policies from American life.Credit...Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro
July 8, 2023
Edward Blum has been working toward the end of race-based admissions in higher education for years. He first brought the issue of affirmative action before the Supreme Court in 2012, with Fisher v. University of Texas — a case he ended up losing. Since then, the 71-year-old legal activist has founded a group called Students for Fair Admissions, which just won at the Supreme Court against Harvard and the University of North Carolina, in a decision that effectively ended race-based affirmative action policies in American college admissions.
Now, with a legal victory in hand, Mr. Blum is thinking about what’s next in his work to remove the consideration of race from other parts of American life and law. In a wide-ranging discussion, he told me about how he’ll be watching to make sure elite institutions of higher learning abide by the court’s recent decision, and why he thinks corporate America will be facing scrutiny next. This interview has been condensed and edited for length and clarity.
How are you feeling about your victory, Edward? How did you celebrate?
Well, there wasn’t a six-hour rock ’n’ roll party between myself and the lawyers. We got together rather early and split up rather early. I went back to my hotel room, spoke to my wife at length, answered some emails, drank another glass of wine, took an Ambien and went to bed.