President Joe Biden slammed the Supreme Court’s ruling undercutting affirmative action programs in higher education during a speech at the White House Thursday.

“This is not a normal court,” Biden said in response to a question from a reporter following his remarks.

“The truth is, we all know it, discrimination still exists in America ... today’s decision does not change that,” Biden said. He proposed “a new standard,” within in the college admissions process, “where colleges take into account the adversity a student has overcome,” and pledged to have the Department of Education look into ways to promote diversity within the country’s education system.

The remarks came hours after the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, a major blow to affirmative action in higher education.

In the 6-3 opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Court found that the universities discriminated against white and Asian American applicants by using race-conscious admissions policies that benefited applicants from underrepresented backgrounds.

Roberts was joined by the court’s five conservative justices, with the three liberal justices dissenting. The chief justice noted in his decision that the court was not prohibiting schools from considering applicants’ experiences related to race, but emphasized that this should not create a loophole for explicit consideration of race.

“Nothing in this opinion should be construed as prohibiting universities from considering an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise,” Roberts wrote. “But, despite the dissent’s assertion to the contrary, universities may not simply establish through application essays or other means the regime we hold unlawful today.”