The real winners of the Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling are rich, white people - http://goo.gl/news/6ZDqi?shr=t via http://news.google.com/

I honestly think they should have ruled differently. There should still be diversity requirements but they should force the gate keepers to focus on recruitment and investment in communities rather than ham fisted racial quotas.

6/23/2016 6:34:57 PM

I thought that this not being a quota was part of the decision

6/23/2016 6:47:52 PM

^^ Jebus how uninformed can you be?

UT doesn't have "racial quotas," hell I don't even think they're allowed legally. Secondly she had a clear path to admission. All she had to go was finish in the top 10% of her class, which is how 75% of UT freshmen make it there, and she did not. For the other 25% race is not "the" factor as your purport, "but a factor of a factor of a factor."

Given Texas' top 10% system, this probably wasn't the right case to try and challenge affirmative action with.

[Edited on June 23, 2016 at 7:51 PM. Reason : ^ yup]

6/23/2016 7:48:46 PM

The top 10% situation is pretty much bullshit to begin with. Great idea in theory but you have these competitive schools where a kid who would be top 2-3% in other schools not crack the top 10.

6/23/2016 8:06:03 PM

Well she should have sued on that basis then.

6/23/2016 8:12:22 PM

Oh I'm not saying she should've gotten in, just a side comment on something I've seen firsthand that's a bit unfair

6/23/2016 8:26:29 PM

Guaranteed admission to a state school isn't a Texas constitutional right. I don't have a problem with the program. Just because it's harder to make the top 10% in one school versus another doesn't invalidate the program. BUT IT WAS EASIER FOR HER THAN IT WAS FOR ME!!!! What kind of argument is that? You know what's required. It's on you to do it.

6/23/2016 11:11:27 PM

Never said it was a constitutional right. Not sure how you can say it's fair that the cutoff for one schools top ten percent is 4.5 GPA (completely made up and arbitrary numbers) and some other school has a 3.8 cutoff. What percentage you finish in your class is a meaningless metric. It is also not even top 10% anymore, it is more like top 7-8% and it is only decreasing and getting harder. Going to a school with smarter kids in it shouldn't make it more difficult for you to get into college.

If you are in the top 15% at a competitive school and you just move across town or out into the country and automatically jump into the top 5% with nothing else then there is an obvious issue. And this does happen.

[Edited on June 24, 2016 at 7:42 AM. Reason : .]

6/24/2016 7:20:03 AM

The summary said it has nothing to do with race numbers, but how important it is to have a diverse education.

6/24/2016 5:46:57 PM