The End of Affirmative Action. For Real This Time.
A conversation about the case between an Atlantic write and Atlantic senior editor about what the case means for the use of race in admissions, especially as a “social good”… “we’ve lost sight of universities as serving this broader good. Instead, we tend to see them narrowly, as vehicles for individual advancement.”
The editor begins by framing the narrative: “It could change how universities decide who to admit and therefore who gets what kinds of opportunities in life. Like, for example, being a Supreme Court justice.”