Maya Reese

Education Script
Anchor Intro GETTING INTO COLLEGE IS TOUGH. THIS
TIME OF YEAR, HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
OF ALL ETHNICITIES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY FIND OUT WHERE THEY HAVE
BEEN ADMITTED INTO COLLEGE, BUT
THEY DON’T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS
BASED ON THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY NEWSVISION’S
MAYA REESE HAS MORE ON THIS
NATIONAL STORY.

Take VO THE USE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION HAS

College campus VO BROUGHT UP QUESTIONS REGARDING
(:05) THE ETHICS OF COLLEGE ADMISSIONS.

A PEW RESEARCH STUDY FOUND 73%

Take graphic OF AMERICANS BELIEVE COLLEGES AND
(:10)
UNIVERSITIES SHOULD NOT BE NOTIFIED
OF RACE/ETHNICITY DURING THE
ENTIRE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS
PROCESS.

“The aims of having the mixture of the

Take SOT
general population match the people admitted
Dr. John Watson
American University to college, admitted to law school, admitted to
(:15) graduate school, hired, promoted to
management, no one has ever met that
standard.”

Take VO WATSON ADMITS HE IS A PRODUCT OF

Watson office VO
AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAM.
(:04)

Take SOT “I came out of a virtually all black public

Dr. John Watson grammar school, but in the seventh grade
American University these priests from this very elite Catholic prep
(:12) school came recruiting because they were
trying to start an affirmative action program.”
Take VO
Maya nodding

Take SOT “Once we were in that elite prep school, I

Dr. John Watson think with very few exceptions, we were all
American University good enough to get into Ivy League colleges.”
(:11)

Stand Up
SOME STUDENTS WERE ADMITTED INTO
Maya Reese
Howard University NewsVision THEIR ELITE INSTITUTIONS BASED OFF
(:10) MERIT, YET THEIR PEERS ASSUME THEY
WERE ADMITTED VIA PROGRAMS SUCH
AS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OR DUE TO
THEIR MINORITY STATUS.

Take SOT
“When I first got accepted into American
Justin Neely
Senior, American University University, a bunch of white people would tell
(:04) me that I only got accepted because I’m
black.”

Take VO ON THE CONTRARY, THIS SENIOR FILM

Neely walking on campus STUDENT’S AU APPLICATION INCLUDED
(:07)
A 4.0 GPA AND A PHI THETA KAPPA
SCHOLARSHIP.

Take VO AT LEAST ONE AU STUDENT HAS

College campus VO RECOGNIZED THAT THE ADMISSIONS
(:04) PROCESS IS NOT FAIR.

Take SOT “We need to be making sure that affirmative

Josee Molavi action plans are in place to make sure that
Junior, American University minorities have a chance to actually have
(:11) something that looks like a fair shot in a
system where it’s all stacked against them.”

Take VO
Reporting for Howard University NewsVision,
I’m Maya Reese.
Anchor Tag
THERE ARE CURRENTLY AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION LAWSUITS AGAINST BOTH
HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND THE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHAPEL HILL THAT ACCUSE THEM OF
INTENTIONALLY DISCRIMINATING
AGAINST MINORITY STUDENTS. THESE
INSTITUTIONS CLAIM THEIR QUOTA FOR
ASIAN STUDENTS HAS ALREADY BEEN
MET.