Looking at each case, a bare majority of Americans (52%) approve of the decision to overturn affirmative action with a third (32%) disapproving. The majority includes majorities of both white (60%) and Asian (58%) Americans. Latino and Hispanic Americans are split on the ruling (40% approve vs. 40% disapprove), and the majority of Black Americans disapprove (52%).
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[How is that a “bare majority”? It’s a twenty-point gap! Put it another way — less than a third of Americans opposed the outcome in SFFA v Harvard. — Ed]
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