‘Heartbreaking For Our Democracy’: Obama Education Secretary Bellyaches Over End Of Affirmative Action

Former Obama-era Education Secretary John King Jr. said on Thursday that the Supreme Court’s rejection of affirmative action was “heartbreaking for our democracy.” Speaking on MSNBC, Dr. King said that American democracy is better when it’s “diversified,” and that fewer black and Hispanic students are attending elite institutions, and that the abolition of affirmative action […]