In a landmark decision, the conservative majority Supreme Court has ruled to bring an end to affirmative action.
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00:00The Supreme Court has struck down affirmative action,
00:02restricting the way colleges and universities can consider race during their admissions process.
00:07So what does this mean for U.S. colleges? Brute can explain in less than 60 seconds.
00:10In a landmark decision, SCOTUS ruled 6-3 to overturn the decades-old precedent,
00:15which aimed to boost enrollment among racial minorities.
00:18The decision stems from lawsuits brought on by the conservative non-profit Students for
00:22Fair Admissions, which sued Harvard and UNC for discriminating against white and Asian applicants.
00:27Both schools, as well as several others across the country,
00:29gave admission boosts to people from underrepresented groups.
00:33This decision, however, will force schools to overhaul their admissions processes,
00:37and will almost certainly jeopardize Black and Latino representation on college campuses.
00:42Justice Sonia Sotomayor, one of the three liberals on the court, sharply dissented,
00:46saying the court,
00:47"...cements a superficial rule of colorblindness as a constitutional principle
00:51in an endemically segregated society where race has always mattered and continues to matter."