CSLSJF 9/15

Social Justice Fridays: The End of Race-Based

Affirmative Action in College Admissions

SWBAT gain a deeper understanding of the Supreme Court's decision
regarding race-conscious admissions in colleges and universities and its
potential implications.

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Exit Ticket: Students Demonstrate their
learning at the end of the lesson by
answering the following prompt:

How much does diversity matter in higher
education? To what extent do colleges and
universities have a responsibility to be
equitable, inclusive and fair?

The History of Affirmative Action

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For this activity you will...

Step One: Open
● Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action
● Guided Reading: Supreme Court Rejects

Step Two: in groups or individually
● Read the article

Step Three:
● Answer the discussion questions
● Prepare to share out

Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action

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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote for the majority. What were his primary arguments why affirmative action, even after so many years of being allowed by the courts, should now be ruled unlawful?

Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the dissent. What were her primary arguments for why affirmative action was still important and for why she disagreed with the majority decision?

Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action

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The two cases decided in June were not identical. What were the two cases about? How were they different?

Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action

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Exit Ticket: Do you agree with the Supreme Court’s recent decision? Should colleges be allowed to use race as a factor in deciding which students to admit, whether to address racial discrimination or to build a more diverse student body? Why, or why not?

Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action

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Who brought the lawsuits? For what purpose?