# Should Race Matter in College Admissions?

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Podcast: [The Argument](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-argument-7510944)
Published: 2026-04-09T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2541989/episodes/18985500-should-race-matter-in-college-admissions.mp3
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When the Supreme Court rejected affirmative action at colleges and universities in 2023, finding that Harvard and the University of North Carolina practiced race-based discrimination against Asian American students, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote, "eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it." The case, decided along ideological lines, caused a stir among progressives. But was this discrimination the inevitable consequence of affirmative action policies? Or did it si...

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