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    Should Race Be a Factor in College Admissions?

    One of America's most controversial issues is back in the news. Amid racial protest on campuses across the nation, the US Supreme Court will take up race-based affirmative action in admission to public colleges and universities. The hearing's tomorrow. Are there other ways of creating the campus diversity regarded as essential to higher education?

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    By Warren Olney • Dec 8, 2015 • 52m Listen

    One of America's most controversial issues is back in the news. Amid racial protest on campuses across the nation, the US Supreme Court will take up race-based affirmative action in admission to public colleges and universities. The hearing's tomorrow. Are there other ways of creating the campus diversity regarded as essential to higher education?

    Later on the program, if the US were to ban immigrants for racial and religious reasons, it would not be the first time. We hear about the unintended consequences of such policies in American history.

    Photo: The Texas Union at the University of Texas at Austin (Guðsþegn)

    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 1:43

      World Condemns Trump’s Proposed Ban on Muslims

      Donald Trump’s latest grab for national headlines has outraged leaders around the world, but Trump himself is unapologetic. This morning with George Stephanopoulos on ABC's Good Morning America, Trump defended his stance.

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      7 min
    2. 8:29

      Does Affirmative Action Have a Future?

      Tomorrow, the US Supreme Court will take another look at making race and ethnicity part of admissions to elite public colleges and universities.

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      33 min
    3. 42:06

      The History Lessons of Xenophobia

      Donald Trump is right about one thing.  Calls for banning racial or ethnic groups from the country are nothing new.  Imagine a travel and immigration ban against immigrants from the Arabian Peninsula to Indonesia, covering much of the Muslim World -- all in the interests of the health of the country and national security.  That’s exactly what…

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      10 min
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christine Detz

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

      NewsNationalPolitics

    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 1:437 min

      World Condemns Trump’s Proposed Ban on Muslims

    2. 8:2933 min

      Does Affirmative Action Have a Future?

    3. 42:0610 min

      The History Lessons of Xenophobia

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