College students have spoken out after the US Supreme Court ruling today ruled that universities cannot consider a student’s race in admissions, which means an end to the practice known as affirmative action.
Adela Larramendi, former executive director of the Hispanic student union, a graduate of FSU, says:
“It will be a great disadvantage for minority peoples like us Latinos. You have to take into account where we come from the obstacles that we have gone through that perhaps our fellow Americans have never had to go through.
President Joe Biden spoke moments after the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision that struck down admissions policies at Harvard University and North Carolina University. Considered the oldest in the country.
In the dissenting minority opinion, sole Hispanic Justice Sonia Soto Mayor said the decision set back decades of precedent and landmark progress. And Judge Ketanji Bbrown Jackson called the decision a true tragedy.
The lawsuit by the “Students for Fair Admissions” group argues that the college’s admissions process negatively impacted white and Asian students by accepting too many black and Hispanic students. This attorney analyzes whether the ruling was a violation of the United States Constitution.
Attorney Joseph Malouf, says that “the argument is that yes, that the way these universities were using race was a violation of the 14th amendment which guarantees to all persons including those who brought the suit, a group of students Asians, the right to be treated equally before the law.
Governor Ron DeSantis commented that admissions should be based on merit and applicants should not be judged based on their race or ethnicity. In Florida, since 2009 state universities have not implemented the practice of affirmative action.
