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VOLUME 6
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the Supreme Court regrets to inform you... As Oct. 31 ushers in a landmark race-based affirmative action Supreme Court hearing, college counselors and upper school students brace for its impact
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n 2014, the nonprofit Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) sued Harvard University and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). They alleged that the universities’ consideration of race in admissions—a practice known as “affirmative action”—was unconstitutional. Affirmative action refers to a set of policies that seeks to include particular groups based on their gender, race, sexuality, religion, or nationality in areas in which they are underrepresented. In terms of college admissions, affirmative action sought
to increase access to education in historically underrepresented groups and promote diversity. In an article for the New Yorker that delved into the evolution of racebased affirmative action, writer Louis Menand summed it up as such: “We took race out of the equation only to realize that, if we truly wanted not just equality of opportunity for all Americans but equality of result, we needed to put it back in.” After lower courts ruled in favor of the universities, SFFA continued to appeal to higher courts—until they reached the nation’s highest
court. On Oct. 31, the Supreme Court is poised to render a decision. While there is ambiguity surrounding SFFA’s founder, the politically conservative litigant Edward Blum (who claimed in his lawsuit that he “needed Asian plaintiffs”), his nonprofit’s mission has ignited debate across the country. Headlines such as “End Affirmative Action for White Students, Too” and “Here’s a Fact: We’re Routinely Asked to Use Leftist Fictions,” have featured in publications such as The New York Times. This is not the first time race-based
affirmative action has been brought to court. Since its adoption in 1965, the initiative has weathered numerous lawsuits. However, affirmative action still permeates the nation’s college application process. Only nine states, including California, have banned race-based affirmative action. But if successful, the lawsuit could reshape college admissions nationwide. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12