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(77WABC) — The American Civil Liberties Union says it filed an amicus brief today urging the Supreme Court to protect universities’ ability to consider race in college admissions.
The ACLU in a tweet says ending these considerations would ignore our country’s present-day racial inequality and threaten diversity on campuses everywhere. They mention a case where Students for Fair Admissions is suing Harvard and the University of North Carolina to prevent race from being a factor in the admissions process.
BREAKING: We filed an amicus brief today urging the Supreme Court to protect universities’ ability to consider race in college admissions.
Ending these considerations would ignore our country’s present-day racial inequality and threaten diversity on campuses everywhere.
— ACLU (@ACLU) August 1, 2022
“Not talking about race doesn’t erase discrimination — it ignores the ways that structural racial inequality impacts students,” the tweet said. “All students deserve equitable access to higher education.”
The ACLU also goes on to say that with along with the ACLU Massachusettes and North Carolina, they will fight “to protect academic freedom and universities’ ability to grow a diverse student body.”
