Just as the racially charged protests at colleges and universities across the country gradually died down, affirmative action in higher education is now taking center stage as a heated discussion takes place in the Supreme Court where one justice has already questioned if Black students even have a place in competitive schools.
In 2008, Abigail Fisher alleged that the University of Texas-Austin rejected her application in favor of enrolling more minority students even though they had lower grades than she. Now her case is back in the courts, and the university’s admissions process is on the line.
Justice Antonin Scalia did not hold back his disdain for the school’s current use of affirmative action and said that Black students won’t do well at the university regardless.
