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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION DECISION SHOWS THAT SUPREME COURT IS NOT NEUTRAL

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The 6 to 3 decision by the Supreme Court rejecting affirmative action at
colleges and universities brings to mind an article that I wrote awhile back
whose arguments are still relevant today. 

The decision comes at a time when there is an increasing trend of competition
for resources with some students and conservative organizations claiming that
there is “reverse” discrimination in the admissions policies of numerous
colleges. The cases are also coming when there is increasing competition for
limited local and federal education funds and when racial discrimination is
being written off as though it did not exist anymore. Memory is short, and some
critics have forgotten how segregation divided this country not too long ago.

Today, there are those who argue that affirmative action has resulted in the
development of a growing middle class among underrepresented minorities. They
also argue that such policies do not serve the needs of those who are stuck at
the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder. What they fail to point out is
how affirmative action has helped in opening the doors to social mobility for
some of these same individuals now in the “middle class.”

Critics also argue that we need “class-based” solutions such as full employment,
national health care and quality education that can pull everyone up
simultaneously. What they fail to point out is how people of color, even if they
reach middle-class status, confront unequal resources and a glass ceiling that
prevents them from moving into managerial positions.

Critics are hiding behind the argument that we need to strive for a “color
blind” society, arguing that affirmative action only serves to divide working
people by allowing one group to benefit at the expense of another. This logic
leaves out that specific groups, because of racism and sexism, have been
historically excluded or left at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder. It
leaves out the historical existence and use of special preferences for those who
are more privileged, such as the children of large donors or alumni.

Affirmative action has not only resulted in diversifying our campuses with more
women and students of color, but it has also been part of a movement to
diversify the curriculum. Affirmative action has helped to pave the way for
underrepresented groups to attend college, to graduate and to write the
histories of individuals who have been excluded or left
out. Affirmative action has been part of including these voices, to explain why
one group got stratified at one level as compared to another and to interpret
why some groups were institutionalized at the lowest levels of the society.

There would be no need for affirmative action if every individual who wanted to
attend college were granted that right.

In the meantime, we need to support efforts that consider race, ethnicity,
gender, and economic status in admissions policies. Real unity among all those
concerned will be brought about as we direct our energies to the policy-making
arena and promote the idea that there is no contradiction in
preserving affirmative action alongside “class- based” solutions.

 

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on June 30, 2023 by Jose Calderon.


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Jose Zapata Calderon is Emeritus Professor in Sociology and Chicano/a Latino/a
Studies at Pitzer College and President of the Latino and Latina Roundtable of
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