Indian Americans must back affirmative action
Hindustan TimesLate last month, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the admission policies of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, which gave weightage to students from minority communities, especially African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans, were unconstitutional and, therefore, illegal. The ruling, part of a series of regressive rulings delivered by the conservative super-majority court, was widely cheered by opponents of the so-called race conscious college admissions, including many Indian Americans, who saw it as a first step toward the elimination of affirmative action at all levels. These statistics demonstrate that, despite the existence of affirmative action, the representation of African Americans and Hispanics in many elite universities remains significantly below their share in the US population. Furthermore, Indian Americans have benefited from the long-standing struggles of African Americans, resulting in civil rights legislation that prohibited various forms of racial discrimination and provided legal frameworks to address them.
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