The Tribune's community forum on the SCOTUS' affirmative action ruling is live now
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The Tribune invites the public to an online forum focusing on the recent Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action in college admissions.
Last month, in a historic decision, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively endedthe ability of colleges and universities — public and private — to consider race as one of many factors in deciding which of their qualified applicants will be admitted. In the majority opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that the nation's colleges and universities must use colorblind criteria in admissions.
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The conversation will begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday on the Tribune's Facebook page and will feature three panelists discussing the impact of the ruling, as well as the history of affirmative action and the future of college admissions.
The Tribune's forum will feature the following panelists:
Jennifer Mason McAward is an associate professor of law at the University of Notre Dame Law School, whose teaching and research interests focus on civil rights, constitutional law and habeas corpus. She joined the Notre Dame Law School faculty in 2005. Mason McAward clerked for Judge Alex Kozinski on the Ninth Circuit and then for United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
Darryl Heller is the director of the IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center and an assistant professor of women’s and gender studies at IUSB. He also teaches and facilitates discussions on the difficult topics of the history of racism and white supremacy, race construction, and the intersection of race and gender.
Christian Owens grew up on the west side of South Bend and graduated from Washington High School in 2003. He is a 2007 graduate of Duke University with degrees in political science and sociology. He started working in finance as an equities trader in Austin, Texas, in 2007, and continues that job as a remote worker. He lives in Granger with his wife and two kids.
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Forum topic: SCOTUS gutting of affirmative action in college admissions
