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The Trump Administration Axes Obama-Era Guidelines on Affirmative Action

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The Trump administration is reversing Obama-era guidelines urging colleges to consider race in admissions practices.
Asian Americans are indeed treated unfairly in admissions, but affirmative action is a convenient scapegoat for those who seek to pit minority groups against each other.
Miller-McCune.com takes a three-part look at affirmative action 30 years after a landmark court decision that changed its face.
Blacks and Latinos who apply to the most selective public universities in some ‘race-blind’ states are being reshuffled downward to lower-quality schools, researchers say.
Look for another workaround in case the Supreme Court goes negative on affirmative action.
Though the facts of the case remain the same, the Department of Justice has switched sides in a voting rights case in Ohio before the case heads to the Supreme Court.

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