Liz and Andrew break down the Supreme Court’s gutting of what little remained of affirmative action in the just-released decision of SFFA v. Harvard.
Notes
SFFA v. Harvard
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/20-1199_hgdj.pdf
SFFA complaint
http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Harvard-lawsuit-11-17-14.pdf
OA 93
https://openargs.com/oa93-affirmative-action-best-legal-brief-ever-written/
OA 219 – you may be surprised just how minor affirmative action was
https://openargs.com/oa219-harvard-and-affirmative-action/
Henry Etkowitz et al, “The Paradox of Critical Mass for Women in Science”
https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/uzzi/ftp/paradox.pdf
African American wealth
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/06/19/why-racial-wealth-gap-persists-more-than-years-after-emancipation/
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