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Members of the US Supreme Court (Supreme Court), which also serves as a constitutional court, declared by a two-thirds vote, 6-3, on Thursday that discrimination based on race in higher education admissions procedures is unconstitutional. According to the decision, the decade-long practice at American universities, which favored students of color (African American) — over others — while evaluating applications, must end. writes bbc.
The Supreme Court’s decision marked the end of a years-long legal battle. In 2014, Students for Fair Admissions, an organization made up mostly of Asian students, sued Harvard over the institution’s admissions practices. According to plaintiffs, the foundation violated the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or ethnic origin, by favoring black applicants over Asian Americans, whites, and Hispanics. Fair Admissions students later sued the University of North Carolina (UNC) on the same grounds. The organization has repeatedly challenged lower court decisions affirming the aforementioned admission system, which is how the case reached the Supreme Court.
For a long time, many universities wrongly believed that an individual should not be judged by the challenges he overcomes, the skills he acquires, or the lessons he learns, but by the color of his skin.
It is stated in the justification for the decision John Roberts Chief Justice, who said college admissions were in many ways dependent on the harmful stereotype that a black student could bring something a white student could not.
Clarence Thomas, the second African-American member of the Supreme Court to vote in favor of the majority decision, argued that it made clear that university admissions practices to date had been nothing more than misleading race-based discrimination invented to ensure a certain racial composition in incoming degrees. He added that he was “painfully aware” of the suffering that discrimination had caused people of his race, but at the same time hoped that the fundamental principle enshrined in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence would prevail in the United States. States. “All people are created equal, and they are equal citizens and enjoy equal treatment before the law.”
. Clarence Thomas He also stated that the constitution is “color blind” and universities should be as well.
The landmark, historic decision — primarily along partisan political fault lines — sharply divided American public opinion. Republicans say the decision would remove one of the last bastions of racial discrimination and allow students to be accepted to colleges based on their ability. On the other hand, Democrats believe the decision reinforces racial inequality in education.
Joe Biden The US president stated that he strongly condemns the court’s decision on Thursday, which he says cannot be final in any way. The President believes that discrimination remains a serious problem in the United States. He described the work of the nine judges involved in the decision, “This is not an ordinary court.”
Donald Trump The former US president, assessed the decision as “a great day.” “Americans of extraordinary ability are finally being rewarded,” the former prime minister wrote on his social media page.
Barack Obama The former president, who is the first African-American president of the United States, also expressed his disagreement with the decision of the highest legal forum, stating with his wife that their “hearts break for the young people” affected by the decision. while Tim Scott An African-American senator and Republican presidential candidate also praised the decision, which he said should be celebrated, and accused him of spreading lies. Barack Obama.
The Financial Times is a business portal Declarative legal analysts According to the Supreme Court’s decision, lawsuits can be filed against those companies that have decided who should be hired for certain positions based on race, in the spirit of diversity. “The days of hiring based on race are numbered,” he told the newspaper. Will Hilda, president of the conservative advocacy group Consumer Research. U.S. law prohibits the use of racial and ethnicity quotas when evaluating job applicants, he said, but many companies willfully ignore it to appear inclusive.
