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Economic Times | 30 Jun, 2023 | 08:29AM IST
US Affirmative Action News Live Updates: US top court strikes down race-based admissions: Kamla Harris calls it "denial of opportunity"
US Affirmative Action News Live Updates: US Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday (US local time) said the US Supreme Court's decision to end "affirmative action" in college admissions is "a denial of opportunity". The US Supreme Court on Thursday struck down race-based admissions at the University of Harvard and the University of North Carolina. "The highest court in our land just made a decision today on affirmative action and I feel compelled to speak about it. It is in so very many ways a denial of opportunity," the US Vice President said.
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US top court strikes down race-based admissions: Kamla Harris calls it "denial of opportunity"
US Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday (US local time) said the US Supreme Court's decision to end "affirmative action" in college admissions is "a denial of opportunity". The US Supreme Court on Thursday struck down race-based admissions at the University of Harvard and the University of North Carolina. "The highest court in our land just made a decision today on affirmative action and I feel compelled to speak about it. It is in so very many ways a denial of opportunity," the US Vice President said.
