Kenneth L. Shropshire

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  • Professor Emeritus of Legal Studies and Business Ethics; Faculty Director, Wharton Coalition for Equity & Opportunity, University of Pennsylvania
Harvard students protesting on July 1, 2023, after the Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action. Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Affirmative action lasted over 50 years: 3 essential reads explaining how it ended

Howard Manly, The Conversation

The Supreme Court’s decision to ban affirmative action programs reverses nearly 50 years of its own decisions that ruled diversity was of vital national importance.
The Supreme Court issued a decision on June 29, 2023, that ends affirmative action in college admissions. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

A 2003 Supreme Court decision upholding affirmative action planted the seeds of its overturning, as justices then and now thought racism an easily solved problem

Kenneth L. Shropshire, University of Pennsylvania

The Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate affirmative action programs sent shock waves across the US and is expected to impact racial diversity throughout society.

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