Danielle R. Holley on the Supreme Court and the Future of Affirmative Action

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

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Politics, News

4.8 • 966 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Bakari Sellers is joined by the dean of Howard University School of Law, Danielle R. Holley, to discuss the Supreme Court’s recent rulings regarding Alabama’s congressional maps and the Native American adoption law (01:39) and the expected reversal of affirmative action by the court (04:34). They then talk about what to expect from the court in regard to issues such as student loan debt and about Danielle’s appointment to be the next president of Mount Holyoke College (16:09). Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Danielle R. Holley Producer: Eduardo Ocampo Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I won't tell you that it's gonna be okay.
0:07.0	I won't tell you that it's going to be okay.
0:16.0	Welcome to another episode of McCarty's house.
0:18.0	Today we have a friend of the show.
0:20.4	She's a friend of mine.
0:21.8	She's amazing.
0:22.2	I think the last time I saw you in person we was celebrating another
0:25.4	magnificent black woman in Michelle Childs, but we have none other than I always
0:31.2	call her Dean, but she is now president Danielle
0:33.9	Holly Walker. How are you? I'm doing great how are you? Well so you're a friend of the
0:39.3	show who's been here before but you've changed jobs since you were on the show last time.
0:44.3	Talk about your new role leading Mount Holyoke and how different it is leading an institution
0:49.2	like Mount Holyoke versus your old job in leading Howard Law School?
0:53.3	Yes, I'm making the transition right now from being Dean of Howard Law for nine years
0:58.2	to being President Mount Holyoke.
1:00.1	There's a lot in common between the two schools.
1:02.4	Mount Holyoke was founded in 1837,
1:04.9	only a couple of decades before Howard was founded.
1:08.0	And the thing that's really in common
1:09.4	between the two schools is they're very empowering.
1:11.9	So I feel like Howard is a place where students
1:14.4	feel empowered by their education and Mount Holyoke is a place where students come to
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