'Race must now constitute a merit': Author Michael Eric Dyson on Supreme Court ruling

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Author and Vanderbilt University African American studies professor Michael Eric Dyson speaks on the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.

June 30, 2023, 2:00 PMMichael Eric Dyson, an author, professor and ordained minister, is shown during an interview with ABC News Live.at U.S. colleges and universities, ruling they can no longer take race into consideration when admitting new students.

So when we talk about race as a merit, race is a merit, because race has been used against African American and other minoritized and racialized groups in America for so long, race must now be a consideration in defense of and to the advantage of those African American people. DAVIS: You've certainly been critical of Justice Clarence Thomas, who's been a supporter of ending affirmative action, and he wrote a rare concurring opinion, calling our Constitution colorblind and saying, “While I am painfully aware of the social and economic ravages which have befallen my race and all who suffer discrimination, I hold out enduring hope that this country will live up to its principles so clearly enunciated in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the...

 

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