{"id":1961634,"date":"2023-06-30T15:41:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T19:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/make-role-models-of-those-who-didnt-need-affirmative-action-improve-inner-city-k-12-schools-rep-ken-buck\/"},"modified":"2023-06-30T15:43:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T19:43:29","slug":"make-role-models-of-those-who-didnt-need-affirmative-action-improve-inner-city-k-12-schools-rep-ken-buck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/make-role-models-of-those-who-didnt-need-affirmative-action-improve-inner-city-k-12-schools-rep-ken-buck\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Ken Buck advocates for the promotion of role models who succeeded without affirmative action and the enhancement of inner-city K-12 schools."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmake-role-models-of-those-who-didnt-need-affirmative-action-improve-inner-city-k-12-schools-rep-ken-buck%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1961634&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0630\/5bf16a47-d927-4c75-a6e1-5e78c2d8851a\/audio.mp3?length=2777805&#038;duration=231\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Embracing Merit-Based Measures for College Admissions<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) defends the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/make-role-models-of-those-who-didnt-need-affirmative-action-improve-inner-city-k-12-schools-rep-ken-buck\/\" title=\"Rep. Ken Buck advocates for the promotion of role models who succeeded without affirmative action and the enhancement of inner-city K-12 schools.\">race-based affirmative action admissions policies<\/a> at U.S. colleges. He believes that students should focus on embracing merit-based measures for college admissions and that educators should raise K-12 education standards, particularly in inner-cities.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with &#8220;The Hill&#8221; on NewsNation, Buck points to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) as role models who succeeded without the need for affirmative action.<\/p>\n<h3>Criticisms of the Supreme Court&#8217;s Decision<\/h3>\n<p>The Supreme Court&#8217;s decision in Students for Fair Admissions Inc. (SFFA) v. President and Fellows of Harvard College has drawn criticism from proponents of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/medical-professor-warned-colleagues-that-schools-racial-preferences-were-illegal-and-he-was-removed-from-directorship-now-hes-suing\/\" title=\"Medical Professor Warned Colleagues That School\u2019s Racial Preferences Were Illegal And He Was Removed From Directorship. Now He\u2019s Suing.\">affirmative action policies<\/a>. They argue that rolling back these policies would hinder progress in race relations since the Civil Rights era. Former President Barack Obama, for example, stated that while affirmative action was not a complete solution, it provided opportunities for marginalized students.<\/p>\n<h3>Looking to True Role Models<\/h3>\n<p>When asked about students who agree with Obama&#8217;s assessment, Buck encourages them to look to role models who achieved success through hard work, academic achievements, and personal connections. He advises against relying on affirmative action as a &#8220;give out or giveaway&#8221; from universities or the government.<\/p>\n<h3>Disagreement with President Biden<\/h3>\n<p>Buck also disagrees with President Joe Biden, who expressed his disagreement with the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision. Biden believes that America should provide equal opportunities for everyone to succeed. However, Buck argues that affirmative action policies lead to unequal treatment and discrimination against white and Asian American students.<\/p>\n<h3>Addressing the Achievement Gap<\/h3>\n<p>To address the achievement gap between black and white students, Buck suggests implementing school choice in inner cities and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/moms-for-liberty-holding-teachers-unions-accountable-for-learning-loss\/\" title=\"Moms for Liberty holding teachers unions accountable for learning loss\">holding teachers unions accountable<\/a>. He believes that creating more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/children-of-every-skin-color-deserve-equal-merit-based-opportunities\/\" title=\"Children Of Every Skin Color Deserve Equal Merit-Based Opportunities\">merit-based opportunities<\/a> will achieve the goals President Biden is advocating for, rather than relying on artificial standards based on race for college admissions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) defended the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling against race-based affirmative action in college admissions. He believes students should prioritize merit-based measures and urges educators to improve K-12 education standards, particularly in inner-city areas. Buck expressed these views during an interview with &#8220;The Hill&#8221; on NewsNation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1759,"featured_media":1961635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1961634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1759"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1961634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1961635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1961634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1961634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1961634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}