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SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling Shows Americans Should Be Treated Based on Character and Personal Responsibility, Not Race: Advocates

SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling Shows Americans Should Be Treated Based on Character and Personal Responsibility, Not Race: Advocates
Bob Woodson, the founder and president of the Woodson Center, in Washington, on Feb. 18, 2020. Samira Bouaou/Epoch Times
Jan Jekielek
Jan Jekielek
Senior Editor
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Mimi Nguyen Ly
Reporter
7/2/2023|Updated: 7/3/2023
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling to strike down race-based admissions policies at U.S. colleges—also referred to as affirmative action policies—shows that Americans should be treated based on their character and their personal responsibility, not their race, according to two advocates who praised the decision.

“I’m elated. There’s no other way of saying it, it’s a big decision,” Kenny Xu, a board member of Students for Fair Admissions, told American Thought Leaders in a recent interview.
Jan Jekielek is a senior editor with The Epoch Times, host of the show “American Thought Leaders.” Jan’s career has spanned academia, international human rights work, and now for almost two decades, media. He has interviewed nearly a thousand thought leaders on camera, and specializes in long-form discussions challenging the grand narratives of our time. He’s also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producing “The Unseen Crisis,” “DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns,” and “Finding Manny.”
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