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Since the publishing of my previous article on race-based affirmative action, I’ve received an influx of messages expressing a diverse range of opinions. Many have reached out in support; others have challenged my viewpoints. Either way, I’m happy to have witnessed political discourse in motion, most of which has remained logical and informative.
On June 29, the Supreme Court ruled that the admissions criteria utilized by the University of North Carolina and Harvard violated the equal protection clause, bringing race-conscious affirmative action to an end. For many months since, the debate surrounding the ethicality of affirmative action has flooded national media. Most dialogue I’ve personally heard has involved the declaration of those against affirmative action as complicit in promoting white supremacy, or at least guilty of upending progress in equity.
