The End of Affirmative Action.

 A proper obituary on affirmative action in higher education (1961-2023) would have to note that it was in decline for years before seeing its final decline this week. The policy has survived several legal challenges since his 1970s. Determine whether the impact of these lawsuits is to encourage a more nuanced and legally sustainable approach to ensuring diversity, or to better define the audience targeted by the opposition was often difficult. As with any premature death, the extent of what has been lost is difficult to assess at this time. But it's not entirely impossible. The term "affirmative action" was introduced in President John F. Kennedy's Executive Order of March 6, 1961, which established a policy to affirmatively prevent discrimination in employment. Over the next few years, the practice was repeated many times.

An initial numerical target or “quota”. Recently, more and more sophisticated schemes have emerged, coupled with the goal of diversity. But what they do have in common is their humble, if imperfect, attempt to confront persistent inequalities in American society and bring them closer to equitable representation in institutions and opportunities. He promoted integration in the wake of the civil rights movement and achieved great results as a driving force to promote the expansion of the black middle class. But almost from the beginning, critics of the policy have been beating the clock in frustration, wondering how long (white) society will have to endure the apparent injustice of these racist considerations. I saw (The gender considerations of affirmative action introduced by the Johnson administration are targeted in a number of ways.) Even its supporters are largely ambivalent. In the case of Grutter v. Bollinger challenged the admissions practices of the University of Michigan Law School in 2003, but the Supreme Court narrowly upheld the policy. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote, "We anticipate that 25 years from now it will no longer be necessary to use racial preferences to advance perceived interests today."