CBC Chairman Issues Statement on DOJ Plans to Attack Affirmative Action
"Attorney General Sessions continues to show us again and again who he is and what he is about.
"In January of this year, the CBC expressed grave concerns about the nomination of then
"Instead of standing up for himself to a president who called him 'very weak' and 'beleaguered,' Attorney General Sessions has chosen to pick on minority students who are in pursuit of a college education, opportunity, and the American Dream. In doing so, he's appealing to the lowest common denominator in our country, people who wrongly believe that minority students who benefit from efforts to promote diversity and equality are ignorant, undeserving, and unqualified.
"Also, in doing so, he is re-litigating last year's Supreme Court ruling upholding decades of precedent in favor of affirmative action in higher education. His re-litigation of settled law promotes the false narrative that efforts to ensure more people of color have access to higher education is a war on white people. It also chills diversity and equality efforts in higher education by intimidating the academic community.
"In Fisher v.
"In addition to this attack on Affirmative Action, Attorney General Sessions has taken steps to increase voter suppression, promote private prisons, revive the failed war on drugs, and incentivize mass incarceration, which hurts families and communities. The CBC is strongly opposed to these efforts and will continue to push back on DOJ's obvious attempts to limit the rights of communities of color."
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