article_snippet.sent: Affirmative action has been in the news a lot the past few years, with a 2013 Supreme Court ruling that tightened how affirmative action admissions programs have to be structured and a 2014 ruling that upheld the University of Michigan's ban on the use of race in admissions.
article_snippet.sent: Chokal-Ingam says Chokal-Ingam story shows how affirmative action "destroys the dreams of millions of Indian-American, Asian American, and white applicants for employment and higher education.
article_snippet.sent: "It also creates negative stereotypes about the academic abilities and professional skills of African-American and Hispanic professionals, who don't need special assistance in order to compete with other minority groups," Chokal-Ingam wrote.
article_snippet.sent: How does @VijayIngam disprove the benefits of #affirmativeaction when @VijayIngam never gained admission to SLU based on it?" one Twitter user asked.
article_snippet.sent: "Whatever you feel about affirmative action, let's consider that one person's experience over a decade and a half ago -- an experience that ultimately didn't yield any deluge in acceptance letters anyway -- is not really indicative of the current state of college admissions," wrote Salon's Mary Elizabeth Williams.
highlights_snippet.sent: Vijay Chokal-Ingam says the experience showed Vijay Chokal-Ingam that affirmative action is a flawed system .