If race-based admission violates the American constitution, so also is LEGACY admission that favors the majority of Caucasians. Almost half of admitted students to Columbia University (an IVY league school) are legacy admission (meaning, someone in their lineage had attended the school - father, mother, aunt, uncle, grandfather, etc....). What is good for the GOOSE is good for the GANDER......otherwise, the decision yesterday by the US Supreme Court comes short of being racist. It is going to perpetuate exactly what they claim they want to stem out....They are creating space for "white kids" whose generation has dominated admission to top schools in America and preclude those who the system has deliberately deprived of opportunities for centuries from enjoying the benefits of going to the same top schools or going to school at all.
Perhaps, the SCOTUS should also abolish Minority Serving Institutions on the same premise they scrapped Affirmative Action - America in 2023 is COLORBLIND where everyone has equal access to opportunity, right?
If anyone argues that going to IVY league does not make a difference, I will ask them to look at the credentials of the last six US presidents and determine where they went to school. The people that shape the future of this country are the top-educated people who went to elite schools. Look at the SCOTUS, how many of them went to less-known schools - it is a cult. If you are moderately poor, you cannot afford to send your wards to these schools even if they qualify. And without anyone from your family ever attending the school before, you are done before you start. There is a history of discrimination against minorities in America for centuries which still persists today. Minorities who make it to top schools experience significant racism despite being top performers before being admitted. Now, closing the doors of these schools to them and leaving the process to BLIND merit (that often allow discrimination will set America back a century) is a disservice. Many minorities who scaled these schools are the voice in the position of power for many like them. Barack Obama would probably never have become the president of the US if he did not go to Harvard. Barack mostly likely got admitted to Harvard because of Affirmative Action, but now it is gone.
Most top schools have an admission rate of < 5%. The chance of a minority is slim in a process that does not give them an edge. Affirmative Action was supposed to open the door of top schools (or any school at all) to QUALIFIED minorities not to admit them because they are minorities. Schools admission are supposed to reflect the demographics of the people they are....
I just came back from Nigeria . I traversed the length and breadth of the nation a bit in my three-week stay. Something is different about the country compared to when I visited last year.... The people are more desperate... Hunger has increased astronomically.... The gap between the haves and have-nots has further widened... You feel impunity in the air... You see police collecting bribes openly like we have not seen since the Shagari era in 1983... There are more law enforcement agents on the roads now, yet the crime rate has not abated... You see VIO , Road Safety, State Law enforcers, the Police, everywhere mounting illegal roadblocks... I heard things from those close to the seat of power about those who hold the reins of power, and I weep for Nigeria - it is beyond disheartening... Projects are being abandoned because a significant portion has been given as bribes to government officials like governors and ministers, including major monarchs - they all collect money for projects...
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