The Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decision Is the Latest Effort to Erase Racism from Cultural Consciousness - Scientific American

Liliana Garces of the University of Texas at Austin and her colleagues have found that legal pressures faced by educational can drive administrators to make less inclusive decisions for fear of reprisal and lawsuits when confronted with hate speech. That is why the Supreme Court's actions are yet another square in the tapestry upholding white supremacy—making it so onerous for colleges to thread legal and legislative decisions that administrators overreact. 

Along those lines, there's already a new case being argued that focuses on a magnet high school from my home state, Virginia. The Fairfax County School Board was sued because of "race-neutral" changes in the school's admissions policies (e.g., swapping an exam for essays and providing a preferential weight for students who are experiencing poverty). The plaintiffs argued the changes created an undue burden for students of Asian descent because they added weight to so-called proxies for race. Even though the appellate court ruled in favor of the school, it is widely expected that this case will be appealed to the Supreme Court, where even "race-neutral" admissions practices aimed at diversifying the student body may be curtailed. 

This gives away the game: the goal is not now, nor has it ever been, to solely focus on so-called race-neutral measures. It has been to dismantle any tools that can be used to advance racial justice in the U.S. —to neutralize any discussion of racism, the wages of whiteness and their joint effect on society...

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