Joy Reid Admits She ‘Got Into Harvard Only Because Of Affirmative Action’

Reid’s Affirmative Action Confession

MSNBC’S JOY REID: “I got into Harvard only because of affirmative action.”

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The New York Post reported that Reid made this embarrassing admission on live television as she responded to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affirmative action being used in college admissions at schools like Harvard violated the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause.

This didn’t sit well with Reid, who responded in a way that has since blown up in her face.

“I got into Harvard only because of affirmative action,” Reid said. “I went to a school no one had ever heard of in Denver, Colorado, in a small suburb. I didn’t go to Exeter or Andover. I didn’t have college test prep. I just happened to be really nerdy and smart and have really good grades and good SAT scores.”

“But someone came to Denver to look for me,” she continued. “A Harvard recruiter flew to Denver, and I met me up with her at the Village Inn Restaurant and did a pre-interview to pull me into Harvard. I was pulled in — affirmatively.”

🔴 NEW VIDEO: @JoyAnnReid recently proclaimed that the only reason she got into Harvard was due to affirmative action.

Imagine ADMITTING to something so embarrassing.

Unlike Joy, I applaud the SCOTUS for its decision to stop treating my blackness like a disability.

— CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) July 2, 2023

Reid Whines About Harvard

Not stopping there, Reid went on to whine about how she was treated at Harvard as someone who was admitted thanks to affirmative action.

“I was in a big conference class where some white students stood up and said, ‘Those students, the black students, they’re only here because of affirmative action,’” she claimed. “It became a huge argument that we all ended up having.”

Related: Trump Celebrates ‘End of Racist College Admissions’ After Supreme Court Rules Affirmative Action is Unconstitutional

Reid Hit With Backlash

Unfortunately for Reid, social media users have had a field day with her affirmative action admission.

Joy Reid just admitted she only made it because of Affirmative Action.

This makes sense because she is Dumber than a Box of Rocks!

Race should not be a Qualification!

Raise your hand if you Agree ✋

— Terrence K. Williams (@w_terrence) July 2, 2023

Joy Reid admits she only got into Harvard because of affirmative action, just for anyone who didn’t already know

— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) July 2, 2023

Joy Reid : “ I got into Harvard because of Affirmative Action”….. explains a lot 🥴🥴

— Geminigirl 🇺🇸 (@desertlife88) July 3, 2023

Joy Reid states the obvious:

“I got into Harvard because of affirmative action.”

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) July 3, 2023

Joy Reid: “I got into Harvard because of affirmative action”

In other words, she didn’t earn it.pic.twitter.com/7anZbnebKT

— iamyesyouareno (@iamyesyouareno) July 3, 2023

Related: Whoopi Goldberg Has Full Meltdown Over Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling

Supreme Court Ruling

This comes after the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 vote that the affirmative action programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina were unconstitutional. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion that affirmative action systems “lack sufficiently focused and measurable objectives warranting the use of race, unavoidably employ race in a negative manner, involve racial stereotyping, and lack meaningful endpoints.”

“Those admissions programs cannot be reconciled with the guarantees of the Equal Protection Clause,” he continued, according to NBC News.

The presidential campaign Donald Trump celebrated the ruling by pointing out that three of the judges who sided with the majority were appointed by the former president.

“President Donald Trump made today’s historic decision to end the racist college admissions process possible because he delivered on his promise to appoint constitutionalist justices,” the campaign said. “America is a better nation as a result of the historic rulings led by Donald Trump’s three Supreme Court nominees.”

President Donald Trump made today’s historic decision to end the racist college admissions process possible because he delivered on his promise to appoint constitutionalist justices.

America is a better nation as a result of the historic rulings led by Donald Trump’s three…

— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) June 29, 2023

“This is a great day for America,” Trump later added, according to Forbes. “We’re going back to all merit-based—and that’s the way it should be!”

The fact that someone like Reid got into Harvard because of affirmative action only goes to show just how unjust this college admissions system has always been. We applaud the Supreme Court for finally striking down affirmative action once and for all!