“It was unbelievable,” state Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson said about the Supreme Court gutting affirmative action. “We’re going backward, instead of moving forward.”
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Diane Hirshberg is director of the University of Alaska’s Institute of Social and Economic Research. Hirshberg said affirmative action levels the playing field beyond just race, that people forget that white women have benefited more than any other group. “At the core, what all of this does is provide more opportunity for everyone,” said Brower. She said that goes not just for minorities but also majorities, who get to broaden their horizons by exposure to other ways of thinking and doing.
Worl said those political rights could have bearing on the court’s affirmative action ruling. She said Sealaska attorneys have begun an intensive legal review on behalf of students on scholarships. She said 450 students have Sealaska Corporation scholarships at more than 180 academic and vocational schools.
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