"For too long, universities have concluded, wrongly, that the touchstone of an individual's identity is not challenges-bested, skills built, or lessons learned but the color of their skin. Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice," Roberts wrote. Instead, he said, admissions could consider an applicant's discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise. AMA released a statement on the same day of the SCOTUS decision: "Today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court undermines decades of progress centered on the educational value of diversity and will reverse gains made in the battle against health inequities." It pointed out that the SCOTUS ruling restricts medical schools from considering race and ethnicity among the multiple factors in admissions policies and will translate into a less diverse physician workforce. According to the org, the ruling is a serious blow to increasing medical career opportunities for "historically marginalized and minoritized people." Moreover, ACEP DIE (diversity, inclusion, and equity) Chair Dr. Ugo Ugoezenkwele, published a response to the ruling as an official statement of the organization titled "Joint Statement from Emergency Medicine Organizations on Efforts to Diversify Health Care Professionals in the United States." "Following the recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions on the consideration of an applicant's racial or ethnic background in the higher education admissions process, our emergency medicine organizations stand together in our efforts to diversify healthcare professionals, including physicians, in the United States. Additionally, we reaffirm our responsibility to address healthcare disparities and inequities as we deliver exceptional care to all patients who enter our emergency departments. "If the court's decisions in Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) vs Harvard University and SFFA vs the University of North Carolina require changes to current law and practices, we stand ready to work together and with other stakeholders to foster a diverse health professions workforce."By a vote of 6-3, the Supreme Court just ruled that university admissions programs that use affirmative action and other race-based admissions criteria are unconstitutional and violate the 14th Amendment. Roberts wrote the opinion. https://t.co/k5ZBSlUh12 pic.twitter.com/Yf5ReefNVY
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