ALBANY – NYGOP Chair Ed Cox today released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision ending affirmative action policies in colleges and universities:

“Today is a great day for the cause of ending racial discrimination in the United States of America.

“De facto race quotas at our nation’s elite institutions have been a roadblock on the path to the American Dream for many Americans, especially Asian Americans.

“Today’s decision takes us a big step closer to an America in which citizens are judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

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