affirmative action

From the GRE to the MCAT.

The Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling just makes our struggle harder.

Rotimi Kukoyi is a student at UNC—one of the universities involved in the recent Supreme Court cases.

"Deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life,” wrote Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in her dissent.

The average age of the conservative bloc of justices: 62.

Both in terms of who can attend and the financial burdens it comes with.

The admissions process assumes it’s easy for students to summarize our lives.

I was told to avoid “stereotypically Asian” activities to have a better chance of getting into colleges.

From the end of the Civil War to today

Here’s what that would look like.

The court's conservatives are expected to roll back decades of precedent. 

Yet conversations about affirmative action tend to focus on race, not gender.

43% of all white Harvard students are legacy, athletes, or kids of donors or staff.

And who actually benefits.

Don’t celebrate just yet.

It could have implications across the country.

It’s being challenged in court this year.

“There is no separating a person from their race in this country.”

"Understand how your story is part of a larger, complicated, unequal American story.”

The Department of Justice was tasked with reviewing policies back in November.