During oral arguments in a critical case about affirmative action, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia suggested that "most black scientists in the U.S." benefit from not being admitted into top-tier programs.
"They're being pushed into schools that are too advanced for them," Scalia said of African-American students accepted under affirmative action programs.
"Most of the black scientists in this country do not come from the most advanced schools," Scalia, a noted opponent of affirmative action said, according to reporters present for the case.
Scalia added that many such African-American scientists actually benefited from a "slower track."