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The Beginning of the End of Racial Affirmative Action?
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Richard D. Kahlenberg,
The Century Foundation,
6/30/2009
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What is the larger meaning of yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down New Haven’s denial of promotions to white firefighters because few minority applicants performed well on a qualifying exam? In the short run, the ruling is likely to intensify scrutiny of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, whose Second Circuit court decision in the case supporting the city was overturned. But in the long run, the Supreme Court’s ruling has important implications that go beyond Sotomayor’s nomination – and even beyond employment discrimination law. Strictly speaking, Ricci v. DeStafano involved Title VII of the Civil Rights Act – which governs job discrimination – but the Court’s ruling adds to the clouds looming over the larger enterprise of affirmative action in higher education and elsewhere. Continue Reading on the Taking Note Blog. |
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