Episode
95
Who is Affirmative Action For?
August 15, 2017
Colleges highlight how affirmative action increases diversity on campus. Professor Natasha Warikoo discusses new investigations into school admissions and how focusing on diversity ignores the real reasons for affirmative action. Photo courtesy of COD Newsroom.
For more on this topic
- Read her brief, How the Ways College Authorities Talk about Diversity Can Undercut Efforts to Fight Racial Inequality or her recent piece for The Boston Globe
- Check out her book, The Diversity Bargain
- Read this article for an in-depth look at the effects of the affirmative action ban on the University of California system