"Strongly disagree" with US Supreme Court's decision to end race-based college admissions: President Joe Biden - Punjabi News

Published on: 30 Jun 2023 at 09:49 AM

“Strongly disagree” with US Supreme Court’s decision to end race-based college admissions: President Joe Biden

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The Fact News Service

Washington DC, June 30

“Strongly disagreeing” with the US Supreme Court decision to strike down race-based admission programs, President Joe Biden said that the court has “effectively ended affirmative action in college admissions.”

“The Court has effectively ended affirmative action in college admissions. And I strongly, strongly disagree with the Court’s decision,” the US President said on Thursday (US local time). The US Supreme Court on Thursday struck down race-based admission programs at the University of Harvard and the University of North Carolina, The Washington Post reported.

This comes amid reports of the university’s policies discriminating against White and Asian applicants by giving preference to Black, Hispanic and Native American ones.

In a 6-3 judgement, the apex court gutted affirmative action in college admissions, that use race as a factor.

“The student must be treated based on his or her experiences as an individual–not on the basis of race,” Chief Justice John G Roberts said in the ruling while writing for the majority.

Joe Biden said today’s decision rolls back decades of precedent and momentous progress.