The Supreme Court's landmark decision to ban race-based preferences in college admissions has unleashed a national reckoning across higher education, K–12 schools, and corporate America. Are institutions complying with the ruling or rebranding and evading it? Will class-based preferences take the place of racial ones? Is this the beginning of a new era of colorblind public policy or merely a temporary pause in identity-based politics?

Please join the Manhattan Institute for a timely and thoughtful conference on the origin, status, and permanence of affirmative action, the backlash against DEI initiatives, and the path toward genuine equality in education and beyond.

AGENDA:

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Check-in and Refreshments

3:30 PM - 6:30 PM Discussions and Keynote Interview

• Panel I: The Colorblind Ideal and the Campus Response
  • Robert VerBruggen, Fellow, Manhattan Institute
  • Andre Archie, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Colorado State University
  • Professor of Philosophy, Colorado State University
  • Wai Wah Chin, Founding President, Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York
  • Ilya Shapiro, Director of Constitutional Studies, Manhattan Institute

• Panel II: Class vs. Race-Based Preferences and the K–12 Frontline
  • Jason Riley, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
  • Maimon Schwarzschild, Professor of Law, University of San Diego
  • Richard Kahlenberg, Director of the American Identity Project, Progressive Policy Institute
  • Wilfred Reilly, Author and Associate Professor of Political Science, Kentucky State University

• Keynote Interview:
  • Edward Blum, President, Students for Fair Admissions
  • Tunku Varadarajan, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Closing Reception

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