Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, said Tuesday that she is the “clear recipient' of affirmative action, two weeks after the Supreme Court issued a ruling on it as it relates to college admissions.
ruled that the use of race as a factor in college admissions is a violation of the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause.that,"A benefit to a student who overcame racial discrimination, for example, must be tied to"Or a benefit to a student whose heritage or culture motivated him or her to assume a leadership role or attain a particular goal must be tied tounique ability to contribute to the university.
'SIT DOWN': WARREN MOCKED FOR PAST CLAIMS OF NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE AFTER BASHING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION RULING "Many universities have for too long done just the opposite. And in doing so, they have concluded, wrongly, that the touchstone of an individual’s identity is not challenges bested, skills built, or lessons learned but the color of their skin. Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice," the opinion states.
Members of the Supreme Court pose for their official portrait at the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court building on October 7, 2022, in Washington, DC.
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