Affirmative Action Faces Uncertain Future Due to Demographic Shifts and Supreme Court Challenge
- Affirmative action policies are under threat due to a Supreme Court case and an increasingly diverse US population with more immigrants and Asian Americans.
- Affirmative action was created to help Black students but now the logic is complicated by more diverse demographics with larger Asian populations.
- The Supreme Court is reviewing cases alleging that affirmative action discriminates against high-achieving Asian American students in college admissions.
- The court will issue decisions in the coming weeks that could overturn previous rulings allowing race as a factor in college admissions.
- Proponents argue affirmative action promotes diversity while critics argue it amounts to discrimination against certain racial groups like Asian Americans.