Striking Down Affirmative Action Is a Historic Victory for Asian Americans — and All Americans

It will help reduce racial division and preserve meritocracy, the bedrock of the American dream.

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Demonstrators for and against affirmative action confront each other in Washington, D.C., June 29, 2023.

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On June 29, the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in its landmark rulings on the lawsuits filed by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).

Not surprisingly, some ideologically driven liberals launched fierce attack on these rulings, following along with Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona’s mislabeling them as “a step backwards” for the country. The Biden administration has even planned a summit on how to work around the decisions.

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Yukong Zhao

Yukong Mike Zhao is the president of Asian American Coalition for Educationn and author of Critical Race Theory and Woke Culture: America’s Dangerous Repeat of China’s Cultural Revolution, a warning against the dire consequences of attacking meritocracy and mandating racial equity in America.

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