Creating Healing Space Through Plática: Processing the Overturning of Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action in Higher Education:

Within higher education, affirmation action, which stemmed from the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, is "the practice of considering student background characteristics such as race as a factor in deciding whether to admit an applicant" (Wood, 2023)

In June 2023, the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in higher education spaces and prohibited all colleges in the country from using race as a consideration in admissions (Jones & Zinshteyn, 2023)

"By disregarding the significance of race, these approaches risk creating a wider divide between equal opportunity and communities of color" (Maye, 2023)

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