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Analyzing Supreme Court's ruling to ban affirmative action in college admissions

(CBS DETROIT) - On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected affirmative action in college admissions, ruling that the race-conscious programs as Harvard University and the University of North Carolina violated the Constitution.

READ: Supreme Court rejects affirmative action, ending use of race as factor in college admissions

In Michigan, the state passed a ban on affirmative action in 2006.

Detroit school board member Sherry Gay-Dagnogo and conservative political strategist Jason Cabel Roe joined CBS News Detroit on Thursday to discuss the Supreme Court's ruling.

Watch the full conversation in the video above.

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