President of the United States Joe Biden this Thursday urged universities to continue to guarantee racial diversity among their students. after the Supreme Court ended positive discrimination based on race in student admissions.

“In practice, the court stopped positive discrimination in university admissions. I completely disagree with the decision because they misunderstood affirmative action,” he said in a message to the White House media.

The Democratic Party leader recalled that for decades, universities have used race as one of many factors to consider when enrolling students in an effort to promote diversity.

But explained that this system never allowed lower-qualified students to enter the university before other more qualified students, just because of their skin color.

Affirmative action rose to national prominence during the African American civil rights movement and the end of racial segregation in schools in the 1950s.

The Supreme Court has upheld the right of universities since 1978 to consider race as a factor in admissions, albeit to a limited extent.

But The Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, ruled Thursday that Harvard and the University of North Carolina violated the constitution by using race as a factor in the admissions process.

Biden said in his speech that diversity is “one of America’s greatest strengths.” He opined that the Supreme Court cannot put an end to the idea that all citizens should have “opportunities and not be left behind.”

Therefore, he urged schools “not to abandon their commitment to ensuring that students have diverse experiences and experiences that reflect the entire United States.”

In this sense, the President suggested that universities use a new system in their admissions processes that first selects the most qualified students and then takes into account “unfavorable conditions”. what they went through, such as low income or racial discrimination.

“Discrimination still exists in the United States and today’s decision will not change that,” Biden said.

Instead, former President Donald Trump (2017-2021), favorite in 2024 Republican primaries, He thought it was “a great day for the United States”. Thanks to the decision of the court.

ex-president On social media, he opined that the decision would reward “people of extraordinary ability”, restore meritocracy, and make the United States “competitive with the rest of the world.”

“This is the mistake we’ve all been waiting for and the result is amazing” said Trump, who has nominated three conservative Supreme Court justices during his tenure.

In the North Carolina case, the prosecution argued that the admissions policy discriminated against white and Asian candidates compared to African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans, while at Harvard, a group of Asian students denounced the use of subjective criteria to limit the number of candidates. accepted candidates.

(EFE)