> Admissions departments will find proxies for race.
And that would be the same thing. If someone can prove it, it's illegal.
And that would be the same thing. If someone can prove it, it's illegal.
Could courts force colleges to keep using the SAT?
(They were going to stop anyway, but this ruling sped things up.)
> “Nothing in this opinion should be construed as prohibiting universities from considering an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise,” Roberts wrote.
Sure seems like proxies for race are if anything explicitly called out as being OK by SCOTUS rather than illegal.
The court recognizes the effects of race and recognizes them as valuable when considering a candidate, just not their race per se. If you allow me to be a bit cheeky, it values the content of their character over the color of their skin.