Professor Jakobi Williams talks with ABC57's Brian Conybeare about Affirmative Action ruling

Professor Jakobi Williams, Chair of African American Studies at Indiana University Bloomington, spoke with ABC57 to give his thoughts on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to effectively end Affirmative Action.

The U.S. Supreme Court has banned Affirmative Action in the college admission process with a six-to-three landmark ruling.

This means colleges and universities can no longer take a student's race into consideration.

Affirmative Action has been in place since another high court decision back in 1978 declared it legal.

It's benefited generations of black and Latino students over the years, but a case brought against Harvard and the University of North Carolina, claimed the policy discriminated against other students, particularly white and Asian Americans.

Hours after the decision today, President Joe Biden unveiled a series of executive actions to try and boost diversity on college campuses.