Comments on: The Dismantle of Affirmative Action: Racist or Not? https://contemporaryracism.org/135788/the-dismantle-of-affirmative-action-racist-or-not/ An academic blog about whiteness, implicit bias, and systemic racism Mon, 11 Dec 2023 23:34:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Isabella M https://contemporaryracism.org/135788/the-dismantle-of-affirmative-action-racist-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-1123 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 23:34:38 +0000 https://contemporaryracism.org/?p=135788#comment-1123 I found your discussion on how the banning of affirmative action in university admissions will have the direct affect of further disadvantage people of color in the healthcare and judicial systems particularly striking. Given what we have learned this semester about how aversive racism will prompt White people to choose a White applicant with mixed qualifications over a Black applicant with mixed qualifications, it is especially frightening that affirmative action was appealed. Affirmative action is necessary in order to truly make the university admissions process unbiased. Your blog post does a great job of introducing this importance to people who may not be as well-versed in this topic.

]]> By: Natalie https://contemporaryracism.org/135788/the-dismantle-of-affirmative-action-racist-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-1110 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:58:56 +0000 https://contemporaryracism.org/?p=135788#comment-1110 I completely agree that this ruling will have an effect on current and future students of color who are applying to colleges and universities. This ruling is rooted in the history of the United States where people of color, especially Black people, have not been given access to education. This ruling seems to further limit students of color’s access to education.
Also, this ruling will have an effect on Historically Black Colleges and Universities(HBCUs). I’ve read a couple articles about this, and a majority of articles say that HBCUs will receive an influx in applications from students of color. The problem with an influx of applications is that they are not able to accept all of the applicants.
Overall, this ruling has and will continue to further limit access to higher education.

Here is an article about this ruling’s effect on HBCUs:
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-09-22/after-scotus-decision-hbcus-brace-for-flood-of-applications

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