part of a, quote emission pocket problem when most of the people under represent racial minorities. even conservative justice gorsuch who join the majority express discontent with the legacy system of ours preference for the children of alumni as he wrote, quote, while race neutral in their fates they will no dead benefit white applicants the most. it is not hard to see why legacy admissions will benefit white applicants the most. carter was founded in 16 36 bid not graduates first black students for over 230 years. and for a full century after, that harvard fewer than 12 black undergraduates a year. election was not until the 19 that progress began to be implemented and harvard s undergraduate population began to rise. black and retro population. they start show the racial makeup of applicants to harvard as a 2021. the blue slides represents white applicants. on the left are normal
majority opinion last week and chief justice john roberts said the jim crow era justice john marshall hart. a man often called the great dissenter. roberts pointed to a specific section of the dissent in policy before it saying in 1896 as a separate but equal case. he wrote, quote, the constitution is color blind and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. in part, for that reason, the court found that affirmative action was a violation of the 14th amendment s equal protection clause. but that roberts majority opinion happened to skip this part of harlan s 1896 dissent. right before the columbine constitution. harlan, writes quote, the white race deems itself to be the dominant race in this country. and so it is. in prestige and achievements and education and wealth and empower. so i doubt not that it will continue to be for all-time if it remains true to its great heritage and holds fast to the
principles of constitutional liberty. a color blind constitution on one hand, and a quote, dominant race on the. other two diametrically opposed concepts on the same page. so this contradiction was actually laid bare in a new piece, coauthored by ibram x. kendi, author of how to raise an anti-racist. and founder of boston university center for anti racist research. dr. ibram x. kendi writes quote, the color blind offense either color or superior, as harlan did. the peoples production costs in the constitution quebecers figured by legal fantasy yet again, to protect racial inequity. history repeats sometimes without rhyming. race neutral is the new separate but equal. then, the fantasy was that separate facilities for education appointed to the race this were equal and that actions to desegregates them were unnecessary if not harmful. today the fantasy is that regular college admission objects are race neutral in
The Supreme Court handed down a decision rejecting the use of race in college admissions. The ruling could have an impact on HBCUs as well. How you might ask?