The End of Affirmative Action

The Supreme Court recently issued a decision banning race-conscious admission in higher education. In this episode, Ben and Khalil talk with Anurima Bhargava, who served in the Civil Rights Division of Obama’s Department of Justice focusing on education. Anurima also went to high school with Ben and Khalil at Kenwood Academy in Chicago. They talk about what’s great about going to a diverse school, as well as how the conservative movement plotted to get rid of affirmative action and what is lost as a result.

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The End of Affirmative Action is an episode from Some of My Best Friends Are by iHeartPodcasts and Pushkin Industries.

This episode is 44:09 long.

This episode was published on Aug 2, 2023.

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