{"product_id":"fall-of-affirmative-action-race-the-supreme-court-and-the-future-of-higher-education","title":"Fall of Affirmative Action: Race, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Higher Education","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eFor decades, affirmative action reshaped not just American higher education but the broader society, opening doors that had been closed for centuries and transforming who entered the pathways to power. But the Supreme Court in 2023 killed affirmative action in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStudents for Fair Admissions v. Harvard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a decision hailed by the right as a triumph of conservative colorblindness and decried by the left as requiring the end of racial equity. Both sides, Yale Law School professor Justin Driver contends, are wrong.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Perversely, even when viewed through a conservative lens, the Court‚Äôs decision ushers in a less desirable admissions regime. The post-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSFFA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e model places a new premium on students of color voicing their racial trauma in elaborate application essays, entrenching the very racial victimization and essentialism that conservatives purport to loathe. The Trump Administration‚Äôs assault on higher education has been fueled by distorted readings of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSFFA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, further clouding the opinion‚Äôs already opaque meaning. But \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSFFA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, properly understood, leaves universities significant legal room to combat Trump‚Äôs anti-D.E.I. onslaught by adopting innovative policies that foster diversity‚Äîincluding preferences for descendants of slavery, members of tribes, and applicants from blighted communities.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Far from a mere eulogy, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Fall of Affirmative Action\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e provides a blueprint for the future‚Äîa rallying cry for citizens to forge new paths to inclusion and push back against the notion that racial equity is doomed. The death of affirmative action, Driver insists, need not mean the death of opportunity.\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"javascript:void(0)\" role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expandev\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Columbia Global Reports","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50319299510557,"sku":"9798987053768","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9798987053768.jpg?v=1757019181","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/fall-of-affirmative-action-race-the-supreme-court-and-the-future-of-higher-education","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}