It was during these arguments that Justice Antonin Scalia voiced what is perhaps the most boneheaded opinion about black students.
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According to reports in The Hill, the Justice’s comments “surprised” the court-and the New York Times writes that Scalia’s remarks “drew muted gasps in the courtroom”.
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“And, frankly”, Garre said, “I don’t think the solution to the problems with student body diversity can be to set up a system in which not only are minorities going to separate schools, they’re going to inferior schools”.
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The school said the majority of those admissions were white, non-Hispanic students, but adds the operation of the holistic review program did increase the percentage of African Americans by 1 percent and that of Hispanic students by 2.5 percent.
Scalia’s argument, which provoked a firestorm on Wednesday, was rooted in “mismatch theory”, which suggests an ill-fit between the country’s elite universities and minority students who are unprepared for the academic rigor that the schools demand.
UT-Austin fills 75% of its classes with graduates in the top 10% of their high schools who get automatic admission. The high court heard oral arguments on Fisher V. University of Texas at Austin and are tasked with ruling on whether the university’s consideration of race in admissions is constitutional.
UT-Austin admits 75 percent of its freshman class based on what it calls the Top 10 Percent Plan, admitting Texas students who graduated in the top 10 percent of their high schools.
The liberal justices such as Justice Sonia Sotomayor are fighting in defense of the policy, stating her own benefit from the policy when she was admitted to Princeton University.
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The number of black students enrolled at the University of Texas almost doubled between 2004 and 2007, due partly to affirmative action.
Dear Justice Scalia, Somehow I made it out the advanced halls of these institutions while being black and my integrity in tact.
The court’s swingman, Justice Anthony Kennedy – already no fan of affirmative action – hinted near the end of argument that the time may have come to put the Texas policy out to pasture.
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The court is weighing a case challenging the university’s use of race as a factor in admissions. Though the usual constitutional rule is that the government can not classify people by race, the 2003 decision said the court would make a limited exception for public colleges and universities for roughly 25 years.
