Trump administration drops Obama-era affirmative action policies

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The Trump administration is doing away with Obama-era affirmative action policies that encourage schools to consider a person's race when deciding who will be admitted to the college in order to promote campus diversity.

White House officials say the Obama-era guidelines go far beyond what the Supreme Court has decided on in regard to affirmative action.

On the Factor to discuss what this means going forward is Dr. James Douglas, president of the Houston chapter of the NAACP.