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The Era of “Legacy Kids” Could Be Over

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ABC News

News, Daily News, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The president of Wesleyan University bans “legacy admissions,” becoming the latest college to adjust its policies following the Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision. An ocean heat wave is killing Florida’s coral reefs. And movie fans plan their “Barbieheimer” double-features, giving Hollywood hope. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Friday, July 21st, and if lineage doesn't matter, that means you too.

0:05.1

We start here.

0:08.4

In response to the Supreme Court's ban on affirmative action, some colleges are also ending

0:13.0

legacy admission.

0:14.0

It's a signal to people that we want to play fair.

0:17.4

One of the most outspoken college presidents in the country on this joins us.

0:21.7

There's a heat wave in the ocean.

0:24.4

Given the trends, it's very safe to say that it's the hottest it's ever been.

0:27.9

Our team was on hand as scientists made a disturbing discovery, and a double feature

0:32.3

in this day and age in your dream house.

0:34.7

Kind of looking at these two films together as an entree and a dessert, the unlikely

0:40.1

pairing that has Hollywood hopeful.

0:44.4

From ABC News, this is Start Here.

0:46.8

I'm Brad Milky.

0:48.8

So when we have affirmative action, that ensures that there are spots for people who have different

1:02.8

experiences.

1:03.8

Firmative action attempts to write real injustices by creating more injustices.

1:09.2

Race is an extricable from a lot of people's stories.

1:12.6

The Supreme Court's decision this year to end affirmative action nationwide was based

1:17.2

in what was described as a fundamental sense of fairness.

1:20.6

The rationale here is, your acceptance should rely on your grades, not on your race,

1:25.0

fair as fair.

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