Students at NYU say that people's backgrounds matter. Your race helps define you and tells your story and it's not right to ignore it completely in the college admissions process, they said to Eyewitness News
Anthony Carlo has the latest from local students on the U.S. Supreme Court outlawing consideration of race as a factor in college admissions.Your race helps define you and tells your story and it's not right to ignore it completely in the college admissions process, they said.affirmative action and racial equity in higher education"I mean the world is very different now, however, we can't ignore history there is no way to measure it, this is one solution we have come up with.
A Brooklyn high school teacher who recently had a discussion on affirmative action with her students shared her thoughts with Eyewitness News.
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