Justin Driver at the New York Public Library

NYPL presents: The Future of Affirmative Action

Justin Driver will join Richard Kahlenberg and Jason Riley for a conversation about the future of affirmative action, moderated by CGR’s own Nicholas Lemann.

This event is part of the New York Public Library’s 7 Stories Up series

About the panel:

Just Driver is the the Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law at Yale Law School, and the author of The Fall of Affirmative Action: Race, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Higher Education.

Richard Kahlenber is director of the American Identity Project at the Progressive Policy Institute and the author of Class Matters: The Fight to Get Beyond Race Preferences, Reduce Inequality, and Build Real Diversity at America’s Colleges.

Jason Riley is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of The Affirmative Action Myth: Why Blacks Don’t Need Racial Preferences to Succeed.

Nicholas Lemann is director of Columbia Global Reports and dean emeritus of Columbia Journalism School.

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL), Event Center, 7th floor
455 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016

In The Fall of Affirmative Action, Yale Law professor Justin Driver cuts through the confusion and misinformation surrounding the Supreme Court’s seismic decision to end affirmative action in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. He argues that the ruling does not mark the end of racial diversity in higher education—but rather, the beginning of a new chapter in the fight for equity.

“This is, without exception, the single best volume in the library of books about affirmative action The Fall of Affirmative Action warrants reading and rereading.” —Randall Kennedy, Michael R. Klein Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

Learn more about The Fall of Affirmative Action