Affirmative Action

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Amy Wax thegrio.com
March 16, 2018
Video from A 2017 interview with University of Pennsylvania law school professor Amy Wax surfaced earlier this month and immediately…
August 24, 2017
Black and Hispanic students are still more underrepresented at top colleges than they were 35 years ago, despite affirmative action…
August 2, 2017
The department would use its resources toward investigating and suing universities over policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants.
October 30, 2016
On Wednesday, students of the University of Texas chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) organization held a bake
June 23, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major victory for affirmative action, a divided Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the University of…
February 14, 2016
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is dead at 79. The influential conservative jurist was found dead of apparent natural causes
February 12, 2016
GLEN ALLEN, Va. (AP) — A school district in Virginia has decided not to use a video about race and…
December 11, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, famous for his blustery rhetoric from the bench and beyond, finds…
December 9, 2015
Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in yet another racial affirmative action case involving college admissions...
April 6, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Mindy Kaling’s older brother, Vijay Chokal-Ingam, says he is in hot water with his sister because of…
March 11, 2015
theGrio REPORT - Some publications have noted that it appears John Stossel is trying to downplay race issues in America…
September 29, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - The National Asian American Survey (NAAS) released a new report that shows Californians are the greatest supporters…
May 21, 2014
The Republican Party is hiring people to reach out to black and Hispanic communities, and setting goals for the number
April 23, 2014
VIDEO - Thousands of students apply to Ivy League schools, but very few are accepted. Wilmington, North Carolina native Patrick…
April 22, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Her name is Brooke Kimbrough, 17-year-old University Preparatory Academy senior, who applied to the university with accomplishments…
April 22, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has upheld Michigan's ban on using race as a factor in college admissions...
April 17, 2014
OPINION - Despite the increased diversity and record number of blacks at Harvard, those black students sometimes feel marginalized on…
November 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - UCLA junior Sy Stokes has created a video which calls attention to the university's lack of diversity...
October 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Today, the conservative leaning Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a new affirmative action case out…
October 15, 2013
NBC NEWS - 'Diversity' is on the rise in America and people are 'very anxious' about it, according to a…