by by forbidden except in the military academies as chief roberts puts in a footnote, but if for example, a student writes about how race shaped their experience in a diversity statement or race application, it is not beyond the ability of the university to consider. so what this is opening door to is a very, very different use of race in college admissions where schools can t say, we are going to have preferences. schools can t say that race is a plus-factor, and schools can t say that racial diversity is one of our goals burk where the applicants can still choose to talk about themselves, and guys, in those contexts where it is permissible. i teach at the university of texas, a public school in a red state where the legislature has actually gone to some lengths to actually restrict the ability of schools to consider these kinds of diversity statements, but in the places where they are