The Supreme Court today announced a decision that struck down the consideration of race in college admissions. The contrast between President Trump’s reaction and President Biden’s reaction is stark.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Breitbart<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n Former President Donald Trump on Thursday applauded the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the consideration of race in college admissions.<\/strong><\/p>\n Trump issued a statement making clear his delight. He said:<\/strong><\/p>\n This is a great day for America. People with extraordinary ability and everything else necessary for success, including future greatness for our country, are finally being rewarded. This is the ruling everyone was waiting and hoping for and the result was amazing. It will also keep us competitive with the rest of the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n Our greatest minds must be cherished and that\u2019s what this wonderful day has brought. We\u2019re going back to all merit-based\u2014and that\u2019s the way it should be!<\/strong><\/p>\n As Breitbart News reported<\/a>, racial preferences in college admissions violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution, the Supreme Court decided in a historic decision with profound implications for racial preferences in many areas of law and public policy.<\/strong><\/p>\n On Thursday, Breitbart<\/a> posted another article highlighting President Biden’s reaction to the ruling.<\/p>\n The second article reports:<\/p>\n President Joe Biden slammed the U.S. Supreme Court for its decision striking down racial preferences in college admissions on Thursday, declaring in the White House: \u201cThis is not a normal court.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Biden scheduled a press event to react to the decision<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College<\/em>, in which a group representing Asian-American students sued Harvard and the University of North Carolina over their affirmative action programs. The court struck down racial preferences in college admissions that could not meet the \u201cstrict scrutiny\u201d standards of the Constitution\u2019s Fourteenth Amendment.<\/strong><\/p>\n Biden slammed the decision, saying that it interfered with colleges\u2019 discretion over how best to achieve diversity within their student bodies \u2014 presuming that \u201cdiversity,\u201d not excellence, is the purpose of college admissions.<\/strong><\/p>\n He proposed an alternative standard for admission, an \u201cadversity\u201d standard that would examine an applicant\u2019s socioeconomic circumstances and the difficulties they had to overcome to qualify for college. All applicants, he said, that met the academic standards for admission should then be measured by the \u201cadversity\u201d they had experienced. He did not explain how \u201cadversity\u201d might be an unconstitutional proxy for racial criteria.<\/strong><\/p>\n This is such gobbledygook. There are children throughout America that are not getting the education they need–mostly in our public schools, which have placed more emphasis on diversity than achievement. The success of the Asian community in America is a result of their work ethic. If other ethnic groups would acquire that work ethic, they would be accepted at elite schools at the same rate as the Asian students. It’s not about race–it’s about the effort put forth. As one example, Ben Carson was not someone whose circumstances were ideal for success, but the love of reading instilled in him by his mother made all the difference. It’s not the race–it’s the culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Supreme Court today announced a decision that struck down the consideration of race in college admissions. The contrast between President Trump’s reaction and President Biden’s reaction is stark. On Thursday, Breitbart reported: Former President Donald Trump on Thursday applauded … Continue reading