But we do know as a general policy that these universities were trying to increase their number of Black students. Going to Princeton allowed me to meet people, to find opportunities that I would not have had access to otherwise. I’m not in charge of hiring, but I obviously think there are great Black students at the University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, University of Florida, other places like that. AdvertisementA lot of the resistance to affirmative action is the idea that we can quantify precisely who is qualified, who is not qualified, who is most qualified. And I think this is what we had seen playing out in this case, pitting Asian American students against Black students in the use of affirmative action.

Source: Washington Post July 01, 2023 03:26 UTC