{"id":868,"date":"2023-06-30T00:43:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T00:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenlatinos.swooncreative.ca\/affirmative-action-is-how-we-address-historical-and-systemic-inequities\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T22:03:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T22:03:27","slug":"affirmative-action-is-how-we-address-historical-and-systemic-inequities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.greenlatinos.org\/es\/affirmative-action-is-how-we-address-historical-and-systemic-inequities\/","title":{"rendered":"La acci\u00f3n afirmativa es la forma en que abordamos las desigualdades hist\u00f3ricas y sist\u00e9micas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>WASHINGTON- <\/strong>Como red de l\u00edderes latinos en medio ambiente, conservaci\u00f3n y justicia clim\u00e1tica, expresamos nuestra profunda preocupaci\u00f3n por el reciente ataque de la Corte Suprema a la acci\u00f3n afirmativa. Creemos firmemente que la acci\u00f3n afirmativa es una herramienta crucial para brindar oportunidades equitativas para promover la diversidad y desmantelar las barreras sist\u00e9micas que enfrentan las comunidades de color al acceder a la educaci\u00f3n superior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>Tras el fallo de SCOTUS, el presidente fundador y director ejecutivo de GreenLatinos, Mark Maga\u00f1a, emiti\u00f3 la siguiente declaraci\u00f3n:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><em>\u201cEste fallo de la Corte Suprema plantea un riesgo para el progreso que hemos logrado en la creaci\u00f3n de una sociedad m\u00e1s equitativa y justa. Amenaza con impedir la participaci\u00f3n de las comunidades de color en colegios y universidades de todo el pa\u00eds. No podemos darnos el lujo de permitir que esto suceda.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><em>Creemos firmemente que todos los estudiantes, independientemente de su origen racial o \u00e9tnico, deben tener igualdad de oportunidades para triunfar y contribuir a la sociedad. La acci\u00f3n afirmativa juega un papel fundamental para nivelar el campo de juego y abordar las desigualdades hist\u00f3ricas y sist\u00e9micas que persisten en nuestras instituciones educativas. Promueve la diversidad, fomenta un entorno de aprendizaje m\u00e1s inclusivo y prepara a los estudiantes para prosperar en una sociedad cada vez m\u00e1s diversa.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><em>This ruling comes at a critical time when our nation is grappling with persistent racial disparities in educational attainment and representation. The impact of affirmative action policies cannot be underestimated, especially when considering the alarming consequences witnessed in California after Proposition 209 was implemented in 1996. The data demonstrates a glaring disparity between the demographic makeup of California&#8217;s public high school graduates and the representation of Latinos in the University of California (UC) system. While over half of California&#8217;s public high school graduates identify as Hispanic, only 25% of UC freshmen come from this background. Shockingly, the numbers are even lower at UCLA and Berkeley, with a mere 15% of freshmen being Latino\/a\/e.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><em>Es dif\u00edcil exagerar el impacto que esto tendr\u00e1 en la educaci\u00f3n superior en todo el pa\u00eds. Los diversos entornos educativos son una herramienta para contrarrestar la discriminaci\u00f3n y la supremac\u00eda blanca entretejidas en el tejido de nuestro sistema de educaci\u00f3n superior y nuestra sociedad. La eliminaci\u00f3n de la acci\u00f3n afirmativa env\u00eda el peligroso mensaje de que es prescindible un entorno de aprendizaje diverso.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><em>Now more than ever, we must stand together in our commitment to fostering educational environments that reflect the rich diversity of our nation. We will continue to advocate for affirmative action and work to ensure that all students have the opportunities and support they need to succeed, regardless of their background or ethnicity.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\" style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_9\" style=\"text-align: center\">GreenLatinos (NOTA: GreenLatinos es UNA PALABRA) es una comunidad activa de l\u00edderes latinos, envalentonados por el poder y la sabidur\u00eda de nuestra cultura, unidos para exigir equidad y desmantelar el racismo, con recursos para ganar nuestra justicia ambiental, de conservaci\u00f3n y clim\u00e1tica. batallas y motivados para asegurar nuestra liberaci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica, econ\u00f3mica, cultural y ambiental.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON\u2014 As a network of Latino\/a\/e environmental, conservation, and climate justice leaders, we express our deep concern over the Supreme Court\u2019s recent attack on affirmative action. We firmly believe that affirmative action is a crucial tool for providing equitable opportunities to promote diversity and dismantle the systemic barriers that communities of color face when accessing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1527,"featured_media":773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,20],"tags":[],"federal_programs":[],"state_region":[],"class_list":["post-868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1527"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868"},{"taxonomy":"federal_programs","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/federal_programs?post=868"},{"taxonomy":"state_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.greenlatinos.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/state_region?post=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}