Posted on Jun 30, 2023
With affirmative action gutted for college, race-conscious work programs may be next
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https://www.npr.org/2023/06/30/ [login to see] /affirmative-action-work-programs-supreme-court
The Supreme Court's ruling on Thursday that effectively ends affirmative action in higher education raises questions about the future of employer-run initiatives and programs that consider race — which exist extensively across the United States.
Though the opinion focuses on higher education, some legal experts say it could lead to changes in commonplace workplace initiatives like diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and environmental, social and governance commitments.
"I already think that there are going to be some real repercussions," said Alvin Tillery, a political science professor at Northwestern University, who runs a consulting firm that works with organizations and companies, including Google and Abbott, on DEI-related programs.
Tillery says he expects the mainly conservative groups that backed Students for Fair Admissions' lawsuit — which was the subject of the Supreme Court's ruling — to shift their focus in part onto race-conscious programs in the workplace.
The Supreme Court's ruling on Thursday that effectively ends affirmative action in higher education raises questions about the future of employer-run initiatives and programs that consider race — which exist extensively across the United States.
Though the opinion focuses on higher education, some legal experts say it could lead to changes in commonplace workplace initiatives like diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and environmental, social and governance commitments.
"I already think that there are going to be some real repercussions," said Alvin Tillery, a political science professor at Northwestern University, who runs a consulting firm that works with organizations and companies, including Google and Abbott, on DEI-related programs.
Tillery says he expects the mainly conservative groups that backed Students for Fair Admissions' lawsuit — which was the subject of the Supreme Court's ruling — to shift their focus in part onto race-conscious programs in the workplace.
With affirmative action gutted for college, race-conscious work programs may be next
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"...two cases, led by the conservative activist Ed Blum — who is white — argued that Harvard’s and the University of North Carolina’s policies discriminated against Asian Americans, no Asian American students came forward to testify to having experienced discrimination."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-americans-say-affirmative-action-ruling-used-pawns-rcna91861
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-americans-say-affirmative-action-ruling-used-pawns-rcna91861
Some Asian Americans say affirmative action ruling used the group as ‘pawns’
“The white supremacist agendas behind these lawsuits use the small number of Asian Americans against affirmative action as pawns in their efforts,” the nonprofit Asian American Advocacy Fund said.
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SFC John D.
I'm trying to figure out your point on this one (more accurately the point of the article piece that you quoted). Is it that only minorities should be the lead defendant in a case about discrimination of minorities? Is it that if none of the plaintiff's witnesses testify then there's something improper?
Or it is some partisan innuendo that Asian Americans weren't the plaintiffs in the case? This of course is absurd as anyone that bothers to look past what the media tells them to believe can easily find out.
The article of course is just pure trash. Allegations that White Supremacists are trying to keep minorities down and other typical Far-Left drivel that only tell aspects of a story that fit their narrative (or make up stuff that can't be checked).
One example point is the article says "Polling has found that a higher share of Asian Americans support affirmative action, with 53% who have heard of the policy saying it’s “a good thing.” but it leaves out the other part in the study that says "On the 2022-23 survey of Asian American adults, 21% said race or ethnicity should be considered, while 76% said it should not. In the separate December 2022 survey of U.S. adults, 15% of English-speaking Asian Americans said race or ethnicity should be considered, while 85% said it should not." Funny how that goes.
As to the facts that dispute the emotional appeals that this is all a White Supremacist action, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) is representing the hundreds of Asian American plaintiffs in in group, the list of which has been released and verified by the courts. When one of the SFFA litigators was asked why none of the students testified on behalf of SFFA, he referred to the current online culture and the response Abigail Fisher, the white student who filed a similar lawsuit against the University of Texas, had received.
The Asian American Coalition for Education — which represents more than 386 Asian American organizations that support SFFA’s legal challenge and has written five amicus briefs backing SFFA (https://asianamericanforeducation.org/en/home/).
Before the lawsuit started, over 60 separate Asian American organizations (representing 323 Asian American organizations total) filed federal complaints with the United States Department of Education and Department of Justice against Harvard University asking for a civil rights investigation in how they discriminated against Asians (https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/05/15/harvard-faces-admissions-bias-complaint-from-asian-americans/gILV3A3eWCxIGSNzMQUbZK/story.html)
Or it is some partisan innuendo that Asian Americans weren't the plaintiffs in the case? This of course is absurd as anyone that bothers to look past what the media tells them to believe can easily find out.
The article of course is just pure trash. Allegations that White Supremacists are trying to keep minorities down and other typical Far-Left drivel that only tell aspects of a story that fit their narrative (or make up stuff that can't be checked).
One example point is the article says "Polling has found that a higher share of Asian Americans support affirmative action, with 53% who have heard of the policy saying it’s “a good thing.” but it leaves out the other part in the study that says "On the 2022-23 survey of Asian American adults, 21% said race or ethnicity should be considered, while 76% said it should not. In the separate December 2022 survey of U.S. adults, 15% of English-speaking Asian Americans said race or ethnicity should be considered, while 85% said it should not." Funny how that goes.
As to the facts that dispute the emotional appeals that this is all a White Supremacist action, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) is representing the hundreds of Asian American plaintiffs in in group, the list of which has been released and verified by the courts. When one of the SFFA litigators was asked why none of the students testified on behalf of SFFA, he referred to the current online culture and the response Abigail Fisher, the white student who filed a similar lawsuit against the University of Texas, had received.
The Asian American Coalition for Education — which represents more than 386 Asian American organizations that support SFFA’s legal challenge and has written five amicus briefs backing SFFA (https://asianamericanforeducation.org/en/home/).
Before the lawsuit started, over 60 separate Asian American organizations (representing 323 Asian American organizations total) filed federal complaints with the United States Department of Education and Department of Justice against Harvard University asking for a civil rights investigation in how they discriminated against Asians (https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/05/15/harvard-faces-admissions-bias-complaint-from-asian-americans/gILV3A3eWCxIGSNzMQUbZK/story.html)
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