Affirmative Action Fight Far From Over, Urban League Panelists Say
PITTSBURGH
The U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the use of race as a factor in college admissions was a victory for affirmative action supporters, but they say the fight will continue in state legislatures and on ballot initiatives.
“We cannot be sanguine about this fight,” said Ted Shaw, the associate director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc.
Shaw and seven other educators, lawyers and activists discussed the future of affirmative action during the final day of the National Urban League’s annual conference in Pittsburgh last month.
