Bruce Mirken<p>"Trump's Cabinet is the product of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AffirmativeAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AffirmativeAction</span></a> for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> loyalists." --Chris Hayes</p>
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Austin Huang ❤️<p>It should go without saying, but I'll say it anyway: the public release is already enough to mass target people based on their race, gender and immigration status, not to mention the actor's anti-<a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> anti-<a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/AffirmativeAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AffirmativeAction</span></a> positions. Freezing credit might still be too little too late, but at this point I fail to see any better recourse (even after consulting with professionals).</p>
Bytes Europe<p>Fearing Trump, NYU Langone Shuns ‘Trigger’ Words Like ‘Diverse’ <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/845676/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/845676/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AffirmativeAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AffirmativeAction</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DiversityInitiatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiversityInitiatives</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldJ</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ExecutiveOrdersAndMemorandums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrdersAndMemorandums</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreaterNewYorkHospitalAssn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreaterNewYorkHospitalAssn</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hospitals</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MedicalSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicalSchools</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewYorkHospital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkHospital</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewYorkUniversityLangoneHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkUniversityLangoneHealth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewYorkUniversityLangoneMedicalCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkUniversityLangoneMedicalCenter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1867850/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1867850/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Trump targets college affirmative action — DOJ, start here <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AffirmativeAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AffirmativeAction</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CollegeAdmissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CollegeAdmissions</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DepartmentOfJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfJustice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/opinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opinion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TheWhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheWhiteHouse</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a></p>
BigJye7<p>🚨Trump revokes Executive Order 11246, ending affirmative action for federal contractors. What does this mean for workplace diversity? 👀 Read more: <a href="https://bit.ly/40oKhyM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/40oKhyM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AffirmativeAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AffirmativeAction</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/WorkplaceDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkplaceDiversity</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Executive Order 11246 prohibited discriminatory practices in hiring & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employment</span></a> in government contracting & asserted the government’s commitment to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AffirmativeAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AffirmativeAction</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> says that his action “protects the civil rights of all Americans & expands individual opportunity.”<br>[I guess “Americans are now defined as white cis hetero men.]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteChristianNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p>I used to be somewhat in favour of <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/AffirmativeAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AffirmativeAction</span></a>, but <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/GlennLoury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlennLoury</span></a> convinced me that it was a bad idea, at least in the case of racial affirmative action in the US. I'm glad to see that it's coming to an end.</p><p>(Here's a short piece from Prof. Loury, <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/the-indignities-of-affirmative-action" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">glennloury.substack.com/p/the-</span><span class="invisible">indignities-of-affirmative-action</span></a> ; it's not hard to find him discussing the issue at in greater detail.)</p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Julie Hughes<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@cattykatt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cattykatt</span></a></span> the "only people" telling you racism was bad was Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers???? <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MartinLutherKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MartinLutherKing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/JesseJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JesseJackson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/JimmyCarter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JimmyCarter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Maud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TheJeffersons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheJeffersons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AlexHaley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlexHaley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/JFK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JFK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BobbyKennedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BobbyKennedy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LBJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LBJ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GloriaSteinem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GloriaSteinem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/KennethGibson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KennethGibson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MississippiBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MississippiBurning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ShirleyChisholm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShirleyChisholm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AndrewYoung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndrewYoung</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MarianWrightEdelman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarianWrightEdelman</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TomBradley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TomBradley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AffirmativeAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AffirmativeAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MuhammadAli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MuhammadAli</span></a> ...stopping there, but you get my point Lots of folks were saying it was bad, you weren't listening</p>
apfeltalk :verified:<p>Apple lehnt Vorschlag zur Abschaffung von DEI-Programmen ab<br>Die Geschäftsleitung von Apple hat sich entschieden gegen einen Vorschlag ausgesprochen, der darauf abzielt, die Diversity-, <br><a href="https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/apple-lehnt-vorschlag-zur-abschaffung-von-dei-programmen-ab/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/appl</span><span class="invisible">e-lehnt-vorschlag-zur-abschaffung-von-dei-programmen-ab/</span></a><br><a href="https://creators.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/Tellerrand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tellerrand</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/AffirmativeAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AffirmativeAction</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/DEIProgramme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEIProgramme</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/Diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diversity</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/Equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Equity</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/Inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inclusion</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/KulturDerZugehrigkeit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KulturDerZugehrigkeit</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/NationalCenterForPublicPolicyResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalCenterForPublicPolicyResearch</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/Unternehmenspolitik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unternehmenspolitik</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/Unternehmensstrategie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unternehmensstrategie</span></a></p>
apfeltalk :verified:<p>Meta und Amazon fahren Diversity-Programme vor Trumps Amtseinführung zurück<br>Die Social-Media-Plattform Meta und der E-Commerce-Gigant Amazon ziehen sich aus ihren bisherigen Diversity-, Equity- und Inclusion-P<br><a href="https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/meta-und-amazon-fahren-diversity-programme-vor-trumps-amtseinfuehrung-zurueck/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/meta</span><span class="invisible">-und-amazon-fahren-diversity-programme-vor-trumps-amtseinfuehrung-zurueck/</span></a><br><a href="https://creators.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/Tellerrand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tellerrand</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/AffirmativeAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AffirmativeAction</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/DEIProgramme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEIProgramme</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/Diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diversity</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/PolitischeLandschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PolitischeLandschaft</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/SozialeInklusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SozialeInklusion</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/Unternehmenspolitik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unternehmenspolitik</span></a></p>
hambonehead<p>Listening to The NPR Politics Podcast (SCOTUS Banned Affirmative Action — Except At Military Service Academies): <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/10/09/1197954510/the-npr-politics-podcast-draft-10-09-2023" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2023/10/09/1197954510/</span><span class="invisible">the-npr-politics-podcast-draft-10-09-2023</span></a></p><p>This summer, the Supreme Court overturned the legality of race-based affirmative action at higher education institutions everywhere, with one glaring exception: military service academies. Members of the conservative-leaning court like Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice John Roberts have long been staunch opponents of affirmative action initiatives, but in the case of service academies, the majority opinion cited that diversity in the officer ranks of the military was a "battlefield issue."Today, we bring you an episode from our colleagues at Code Switch. Co-hosts Gene Demby and Lori Lizarraga take us back to the Vietnam War to explain where that argument came from. And we'll hear from Mary Tobin, a Black woman, combat veteran, and West Point graduate, about why the Court's decision felt like such a blow to her.This episode was produced with help from Courtney Stein and engineering support from James Willetts.Unlock access to this and other bonus content by supporting The NPR Politics Podcast+. Sign up via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Connect:Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.orgJoin the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/10/09/1197954510/the-npr-politics-podcast-draft-10-09-2023" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2023/10/09/1197954510/</span><span class="invisible">the-npr-politics-podcast-draft-10-09-2023</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/npr" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>npr</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/nprpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nprpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/nprpoliticspodcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nprpoliticspodcast</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/scotus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>scotus</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/affirmativeaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>affirmativeaction</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/supremecourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>supremecourt</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> </p><p>The Alabama government’s briefs before the three-judge panel in September referenced a concurring opinion by <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kavanaugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kavanaugh</span></a> that questioned whether “race-based redistricting” can “extend indefinitely into the future.” </p><p>Alabama further relied on arguments — also rejected by the U.S. District Court — that a subsequent U.S. Supreme Court decision this same term ending affirmative action in college admissions (called Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard ) compels the Court to find that a state’s use of a map in which “race predominates” now violates the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection. </p><p>As in Milligan, Kavanaugh filed a concurrence in Students for Fair Admissions, emphasizing the potential for <a href="https://c.im/tags/time" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>time</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/limits" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>limits</span></a> on race-related policies. </p><p>In addition, there now appears to be a significant connection between Alabama’s post-Milligan map redrawing process, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Leo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Leo</span></a>’s powerful national dark money network, and Kavanaugh. </p><p>The tangled web of previously unreported ties centers around <a href="https://c.im/tags/Marshall" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Marshall</span></a>, Alabama Solicitor General Edmond <a href="https://c.im/tags/LaCour" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LaCour</span></a> — dubbed “the architect behind Alabama’s voting rights defiance” — and the D.C.-area law firm <a href="https://c.im/tags/ConsovoyMcCarthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ConsovoyMcCarthy</span></a>, the firm founded by William <a href="https://c.im/tags/Consovoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Consovoy</span></a>, a now-deceased former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas who represented Shelby County in Shelby County v. Holder. </p><p>In Shelby County, the Supreme Court invalidated Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act and its vital preclearance provision, which protected against unilateral state changes to voting rights and maps in states that had a documented history of racial bias in administering elections in order to disenfranchise Black voters.<br /><a href="https://c.im/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/scotus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>scotus</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/darkmoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>darkmoney</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/clarencethomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>clarencethomas</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FedSoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FedSoc</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ShelbyCountyVsHolder" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ShelbyCountyVsHolder</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/VotingRightsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VotingRightsAct</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/racebased" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>racebased</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/affirmativeaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>affirmativeaction</span></a></p>
Wendy Lady<p>"They're both the same" is no longer an excuse when you need to decide to vote or not vote for a presidential candidate.</p><p>No...no they're not.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/StudentLoanForgiveness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StudentLoanForgiveness</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RoeVWade" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RoeVWade</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LGBTQDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LGBTQDiscrimination</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AffirmativeAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AffirmativeAction</span></a></p>
timekiller_s<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AffirmativeAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AffirmativeAction</span></a></p><p>I understand what Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is saying in the screencap at the bottom of this toot.</p><p>You can read the entire SCOTUS opinion here. KBJ's dissent begins on page 209:<br /><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/20-1199_hgdj.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pd</span><span class="invisible">f/20-1199_hgdj.pdf</span></a></p><p>But here's the quote that Sherrilyn Ifill is highlighting (the 101 and 102 notations are footnotes).</p><p>"Do not miss the point that ensuring a diverse student body in higher education helps everyone, not just those who, due to their race, have directly inherited distinct disad- vantages with respect to their health, wealth, and well- being. Amici explain that students of every race will come to have a greater appreciation and understanding of civic virtue, democratic values, and our country’s commitment to equality.101 The larger economy benefits, too: When it comes down to the brass tacks of dollars and cents, ensuring diversity will, if permitted to work, help save hundreds of billions of dollars annually (by conservative estimates).102"</p><p>But sadly, I have to follow it up with, "in a perfect world." Simply because no one is born racist, sexist, etc.; that behaviour is taught. And people still teach their children racism and sexism, and they grow up to become, say, admissions officers and whatnot, and on top of that, they're teaching their own children the same prejudices that were passed down to them like unto hateful heirlooms.</p><p>IMHO only, this is why we need DEI programs now more than ever, especially since this SCOTUS, with a majority made up of activist, radical-right wing, and--lately--demonstrably corrupt "justices," has added nixing Affirmative Action to their already-unconsionable setback of women's repro rights by nixing Roe v Wade.</p><p>And let me remind you that three of those "justices"--Gorsuch, Cavanaugh, and Barrett -- were appointed by an illegitimate, corrupt President. Gorsuch particularly was advantaged by McConnell/GOP malfeasance in his own ascent to the high bench.</p><p>Remember: If things had gone differently in 2016 after the death of Scalia, the seat held by Gorsuch would be held by Merrick Garland! I'd rather Garland on SCOTUS than at DoJ where he still hasn't finally dropped the hammer on Trump/cohorts.</p><p>And Amy Coney Barrett was also a beneficiary of Trump/GOP malfeasance--and rank hypocrisy--by their allowing her confirmation to be *ramrodded* thru the congressional process right after Ginsburg's death (in September 2020 -- about two months out from the election!)</p><p>Remember that McConnell/GOP loudly proclaimed that President Obama couldn't appoint a replacement for Scalia (died February 2016) in an election year. There was PLENTY of time for Obama's nominee--again, MERRICK GARLAND--to go thru the congressional process, be confirmed (or not), and be seated. But no, you might remember that McConnell BLOCKED that whole thing for most of 2016.</p><p>That's just ONE reason I don't support Republicans, ever. I have others, but that's a big one -- the hypocrisy, on top of the favouritism they show to certain groups that already enjoy privilege.</p>
Kevin<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/affirmativeaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>affirmativeaction</span></a> </p><p>Like most here, I am furious that this Court has further degraded itself and further jeopardized its legitimacy.</p><p>We may not like it, but elections of competent individuals at all levels of government are our only recourse.</p><p>Today, I am committing to finding a voter to register in the next 30 days. Just one. This is completely do-able, and if we all do the same, the consequences can be profound. </p><p>If you don’t know how to start, I can help!</p>
Chuck Darwin<p>The only exception to <a href="https://c.im/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> ending <a href="https://c.im/tags/affirmativeaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>affirmativeaction</span></a> is the <a href="https://c.im/tags/poc" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>poc</span></a> are <a href="https://c.im/tags/cannonfodder" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cannonfodder</span></a> rule </p><p>From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span><br /><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/110628027087699609" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/110</span><span class="invisible">628027087699609</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p>Conservative majority <a href="https://c.im/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> sides with judicial gadfly <a href="https://c.im/tags/EdwardBlum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EdwardBlum</span></a> and revokes <a href="https://c.im/tags/AffirmativeAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AffirmativeAction</span></a> in college admissions. A decade ago Blum was behind push to dissolve LBJ's <a href="https://c.im/tags/VotingRightsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VotingRightsAct</span></a> . Harvard & NC , the nation’s oldest private and public colleges, must stop consideration of race in applicants , a ruling which will have wide range of effects in <a href="https://c.im/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DEI</span></a> across USA.</p><p><a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/06/29/supreme-court-strikes-down-affirmative-action-in-college-admissions-says-race-cannot-be-a-factor/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mercurynews.com/2023/06/29/sup</span><span class="invisible">reme-court-strikes-down-affirmative-action-in-college-admissions-says-race-cannot-be-a-factor/</span></a></p>
Wendy Lady<p>Let's see what's going on at the <a href="https://c.im/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> and get an update on <a href="https://c.im/tags/StudentLoanForgiveness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StudentLoanForgiveness</span></a>.</p><p>Oh...oh...they upended <a href="https://c.im/tags/AffirmativeAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AffirmativeAction</span></a> in colleges.</p><p>Right.</p><p>45 years of positive actions to help marginalized students and this is how it ends.</p><p>I don't have hope on student loans now.</p>
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