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In his concurrence with the U.S. Supreme Court majority, Justice Clarence Thomas writes that “the color of a person’s skin is irrelevant to that individual’s equal status as a citizen of this nation.” The 6-3 decision does away with more than a half century of giving students of color an advantage in college recruiting in order to diversity the educational and professional population. Proponents of affirmative action say the numbers are clear: doing away with the practice of giving priority to Black, Latino, and Native students means there will be fewer of them in college.
GUESTS
Matthew Fletcher (Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians), law professor at the University of Michigan Law School and author of the Turtle Talk blog
Carmen Lopez (Navajo), executive director of College Horizons and Graduate Horizons
Julia Wakeford (Mvskoke and Yuchi), policy director for the National Indian Education Association
James Kvaal, United States Under Secretary of Education
Break 1 music: Intertribal Happy Feet (feat. Chippewa Travellers) (song) Cris Derksen (artist) Cris Derksen: Orchestral Powwow (album)
Break 2 music: Shawnee Stomp Dance (song) Various Artists (artist) Spiritual Songs and Dances of the Native American Indians
