You’re a student in your Senior year of high school applying to universities across the country. At 17 years old, it’s most likely the biggest change in your life so far. You have a solid GPA, stellar SAT/ACT test scores, and your extracurricular activities are numerous. You apply to top-ranked colleges like Harvard, Brown, and Berkeley. You ultimately get rejected, only to find out that the reason why you got rejected wasn’t because of your scores or volunteer work or a badly written essay, but because of your race. This is one result of affirmative action, a policy being enacted by most universities in the United States. On October 31st, the Supreme Court will be looking at two cases from
Systemic Racism in College Campuses
Systemic Racism in College Campuses
Systemic Racism in College Campuses
You’re a student in your Senior year of high school applying to universities across the country. At 17 years old, it’s most likely the biggest change in your life so far. You have a solid GPA, stellar SAT/ACT test scores, and your extracurricular activities are numerous. You apply to top-ranked colleges like Harvard, Brown, and Berkeley. You ultimately get rejected, only to find out that the reason why you got rejected wasn’t because of your scores or volunteer work or a badly written essay, but because of your race. This is one result of affirmative action, a policy being enacted by most universities in the United States. On October 31st, the Supreme Court will be looking at two cases from