Politics

10181 readers

13 users here now

In-depth political discussion from around the world; if it's a political happening, you can post it here.

Guidelines for submissions:

Where possible, post the original source of information.
- If there is a paywall, you can use alternative sources or provide an archive.today, 12ft.io, etc. link in the body.
Do not editorialize titles. Preserve the original title when possible; edits for clarity are fine.
Do not post ragebait or shock stories. These will be removed.
Do not post tabloid or blogspam stories. These will be removed.
Social media should be a source of last resort.

These guidelines will be enforced on a know-it-when-I-see-it basis.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

Socialism

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Harvard 'legacy' policy challenged on heels of affirmative action ruling (www.reuters.com)

submitted 1 year ago by HumbleHobo to c/politics

8 comments fedilink hide all child comments

"Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal, the group's executive director, said the Supreme Court last week made clear that any policies that disadvantage racial groups are unlawful by noting that "eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it."

"Your family's last name and the size of your bank account are not a measure of merit, and should have no bearing on the college admissions process,” he said in a statement."

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] FlashMobOfOne 13 points 1 year ago

This sounds like the kind of thing The Satanic Temple would do, which is to say, it's logical and clever. I don't see it flying in a country where the wealthy not only control the government, but have convinced the poor to help them by voting for their candidates every two years, but maybe someone will surprise me.