Radio Islam

Niketa Brar is Executive Director at Chicago United for Equity (CUE). She joins us in-studio to tell us about CUE and its mission, as well as an exciting new initiative called 'Vote Equity 2019'. This new project aims to engage city voters and make their voices heard in a groundbreaking way. https://www.chicagounitedforequity.org/vote-equity In the second half, Tariq and Ibrahim follow up on the Harvard Affirmative Action situation discussed in Episode 624, and shed some light on what factors increase acceptance into Harvard. "The Stakes for the Harvard Trial Are Higher Now That It’s Over": https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/11/harvard-affirmative-action-trial-wraps-boston/574795/ "The ‘Whitening’ of Asian Americans": https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/08/the-whitening-of-asian-americans/563336/ "The Dueling Deities of Harvard": https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/harvard-admissions-process-needs-reform/576136/ "Getting Into Harvard Is Hard. Here Are 4 Ways