On Oct. 31, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments to decide if universities can use race in admissions decisions. Kenny Xu says Asian-Americans are getting shortchanged and it’s time to reward merit, not skin color. Xu is the president of Color Us United and best-selling author of “An Inconvenient Minority: The Attack on Asian American Excellence and the Fight for Meritocracy.”
Next, in America Q&A, we ask: If affirmative action lifts up some people, but holds others back, is it fair?
Then, Ward Connerly, president of the American Civil Rights Institute, has been fighting race-based discrimination at colleges for decades. He says there are very few people left who want these programs….