Elected officials, community leaders and education advocates weigh in on Supreme Court decision to nix affirmative action - AFRO News
Jessica Giles, executive director of Democrats for Education Reform DC (DFER DC) was disappointed by the majority opinion of the court.
“By gutting equitable access to our country’s higher education system, today’s majority conservative Supreme Court ruled against Black and Brown students’ access to the American Dream,” said Jessica Giles, executive director of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER DC), in a statement.. “This ruling erases decades of progress – a particularly concerning reality given our higher-education system continues to uphold systemic, racist barriers to entry that keep doors of opportunity closed on Black and Brown students.”
“Now more than ever, we must upend the college admission process to ensure it is optimized for racial equity, starting by abolishing legacy preference – a textbook example of systemic racism,” Giles continued. “In the absence of race conscious admissions policies, we strongly urge D.C. elected officials to pass policies that ensure our Black and Brown students complete postsecondary education and can obtain economic prosperity.”
