A Supreme Court justice’s suggestion that<span style="color: Red;">*</span>some African-American students belong in less-rigorous schools than white students at<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Wednesday’s
oral arguments for
Fisher v. University of Texas<span style="color: Red;">*</span>is being drowned out by a tremendous surge<span style="color: Red;">*</span>of support for UT, including a new hashtag:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>#StayMadAbby.
Abigail Fisher, a white student who<span style="color: Red;">*</span>was rejected from the university, sued the school for violating the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth amendment. The<span style="color: Red;">*</span>decision to rehear the case, which<span style="color: Red;">*</span>began in 2008 after she was denied admittance, came this summer.
On Wednesday, according to the transcript, Justice Antonin Scalia said, “There are those who contend that it does not benefit African-Americans to get them into the University of Texas where they do not do well, as opposed to having them go to a less-advanced school, a less — a slower-track school where they do well.”
Now, it’s being reported that more<span style="color: Red;">*</span>than 65 groups have submitted amicus curiae<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Latin for “friends of the court”)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>briefs<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to the U.S. Supreme Court backing UT Austin’s position.
<span style="color: Red;">*</span>UT News<span style="color: Red;">*</span>notes that<span style="color: Red;">*</span>they include ones from<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a group representing Fortune 100 companies and other leading businesses — such as<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Apple, Starbucks, Sprint and Procter & Gamble — plus Ivy League universities, and U.S. congressmen.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
Also filing a friend of the court brief was the
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, which says it has “long played a key role in the litigation<span style="color: Red;">*</span>of this case.” Its brief was filed on behalf of the Black Student Alliance (BSA) and the Black Ex-Student Alliance (BEST).
As the legal wheels churn, the #StayMadAbby hashtag has been trending as people of all ages use it to demonstrate their support of UT’s decision.
This old white chick has had enough of this nonsense. You didn't get in because you didn't make the grade. Sit down. Be quiet.
#StayMadAbby
— Marsha Vermilion (@sisteramnesia64)
December 13, 2015
<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
affirmative action,
Roberta Bernstein,
supreme court,
The University of Texas at Austin,
News<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
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