FRSO leader condemns the Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action
Carlos Montes, a member of the Central Committee of Freedom Road Socialist Organization, condemned the Supreme Court for their June 29 ruling that bans affirmative action at colleges and universities.
“The successful struggle for affirmative action in the late sixties opened the doors to higher education for thousands of African Americans, Chicanos and other underrepresented oppressed nationalities,” said Montes.
He continued, “This opened the doors to thousands of African Americans and Chicanos to become educators, lawyers, doctors and other professionals. This led to improvements in the quality of life for oppressed nationality communities!”
The Supreme Court ruling came on the heels of the one-year anniversary of the Dodd decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. The right-wing majority of the court is part of the growing attacks by the right on women, LGBTQ people and oppressed nationalities. There are bills in states around the country aiming to limit so-called “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” or DEI programs designed to admit and graduate more oppressed nationality students, and this ruling will just add fuel to the fire.
Those who are fighting back are being repressed by the government. The latest example is the Tampa 5, who the University of South Florida and the DeSantis administration is trying to jail. The campus activists were demanding more Black students and defending DEI programs.