Justice Thomas’ arguments against affirmative action

Flaws with how affirmative action is practiced

AA doesn’t place more black people into college, it places some people into higher institutions then they should be in

Mismatch theory

Many blacks and Hispanics who likely would have excelled at less elite schools, now in a position of failure because they aren’t as prepared as the other kids

Bad grades

AA leads to unprepared black and Hispanic students getting

Drop out

Black and Hispanic students who fail are more likely to

badge of inferiority

Blacks and Hispanics are stamped with a

Skin color

It is an open question . . . whether their what played a part in their advancement

Stigma

either racial discrimination did play a role or it didn’t

Minority groups

unlikely to help deserving members of

Discrimination

You can’t help a certain racial group without causing harm to members of other racial groups.

Asians in the US

Even though they faced similar discriminations as black people, they are being discriminated by admissions to let more black people into college