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The decision came first as news blurbs across broadcast and news and Internet outlets Monday. The Supreme Court had ruled. Affirmative Action, as a principle, STAYS. Point systems and other racial quotas aimed at diversifying colleges and universities must go.
Admissions advisors at District area universities saidMonday's Supreme Court ruling in the pivotal University of Michigan lawsuit would have little or no effect on their schools' admissions processes. The decision upheld affirmative action but made illegal the school's point-based system, which gave a 20-point lead to minority applicants.
On the second floor of the Soul Vegetarian restaurant located at 2606 Georgia Ave, D.C. lawyer Malik Zulu Shabazz's pondered the Monday Supreme Court ruling which delighted some affirmative action supporters while upsetting others. "I don't consider it a real victory for affirmative action," he said.
Few people realize that affirmative action is geared towards women as well as minorities. Mary Ann Branch is a young professional in Washington, D.C., working as an assistant to a Capitol Hill lobbyist. She knows that in order to achieve her goals, she must work hard, be smart and stay on top of her field.
"Scott Bailey...April 23, 1889...James Carter... April 6, 1902...John Forbes...June 16, 1889...Unknown Negro...June 11, 1907...Unknown Negro...August 9, 1914..." The names are real people who were lynched, read by participants of the National Juneteenth Black Holocaust "Maafa" Memorial Service June 21.