How black graduates responded to a key Supreme Court case — StayMadAbby

“There are those who contend that it does not benefit African Americans to get them into the University of Texas, where they do not do well, as opposed to having them go to a less-advanced school, a slower-track school where they do well”, he said, per Mother Jones.

While they may go to different schools, there’s one thing many students at Norfolk State and William and Mary can agree upon – they don’t support Scalia’s comments. “They come from lesser schools where they do not feel that they’re that they’re being pushed ahead in classes that are too too fast for them”.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the comments stand in “quite stark contrast” to the priorities and values President Barack Obama has advocated through his career.

In response, congressman and civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, condemned Scalia for questioning the intelligence level of black students.

Both comments came in the context of cases relating to the application of affirmative action in college admissions. In that regard, there is no national count of every single black scientist and where they went to school.

It is perhaps a valid topic of debate whether artificially increasing the number of minority students at the University of Texas is good or not.

Trump previously said he was “fine with affirmative action” on NBC’s “Meet the Press”.

The lawsuit, Fisher v. University of Texas, was brought by Abigail Fisher after she was denied acceptance to the University of Texas’ flagship school at Austin. And let’s leave aside, for the moment, the local angle where the legacy of “separate but equal” has Maryland’s historically black colleges and universities now engaged in a pitched legal battle for equitable funding with the traditionally white institutions in the state. Its brief was filed on behalf of the Black Student Alliance (BSA) and the Black Ex-Student Alliance (BEST).

Mr Stuart Taylor Jr, who co-wrote the 2012 book, Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It’s Intended to Help, And Why Universities Won’t Admit It, said Mr Scalia’s lack of eloquence had made what he said sound worse than it was.

Scalia’s remarks have created lots of discussion. “This finding holds for all groups of students examined, including underrepresented minorities and students with weaker academic preparation”. But about a quarter of students are chosen based on considerations other than grades – and one of the many factors taken into account is race.

The Supreme Court is now tasked with determining whether affirmative action remains acceptable or if it should be further restricted and possibly eliminated altogether.

A friend-of-the-court brief filed in support of the University of Texas on behalf of 39 undergraduate and graduate student organizations in California thoroughly discredited Scalia’s position.

“I’m just not impressed by the fact that the University of Texas may have fewer [African-Americans]”, Scalia said, according to CNN. “But the evidence shows we’d have more black scientists w/o race preferences”. But that’s not a statement on the effects of affirmative action.