The End of Affirmative Action & The Asian-American Paradox

In this episode, we discuss the fall of affirmative action and our predictions of what will happen to college applications next. We simultaneously explored the role of Asian Americans and the model minority myth in both upholding and ending the practice. By no means do we have all the answers to the effect that the end of the policy will have on institutions and opportunities for underrepresented minorities and those in the majority. This episode is a contentious one but we didn't want to shy away from our thoughts and opinions so please be respectful when engaging in discourse. At the end of the day, people are sacred and ideas are not. Here are the references we used: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w26316/w26316.pdf https://www.bu.edu/ciss/2023/07/03/college-are-already-unequal-will-ending-affirmative-action-make-it-worse/ https://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2023/07/03/affirmative-action-supreme-court-california# https://www.npr.org/2023/07/02/1183981097/affirmative-action-asian-americans-poc http://care.gseis.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/care-brief-raceblind.pdf https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0038-4941.2004.00284.x http://www.jstor.org/stable/42956064 http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7rqbv Fisher v. University of Texas. (n.d.). Oyez. Retrieved July 7, 2023, from https://www.oyez.org/cases/2012/11-345 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/15/legacy-colleges-universities-black-brown/ https://www.law.com/almID/1202676210690/ https://calmatters.org/education/2018/07/californias-gone-without-higher-ed-affirmative-action-since-1996-blackenrollment-at-top-ucs-never-recovered/ https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/1062947?show=full%20own%20original%20research. Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College. (n.d.). Oyez. Retrieved July 7, 2023, from https://www.oyez.org/cases/2022/20-1199 https://thespearheadmagazine.com/how-the-model-minority-myth-affects-us-all/ https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjrl/vol11/iss2/7 https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/06/29/affirmative-action-banned-what-happens/