Good take. I’ve seen so many liberals express apathy towards this ruling, or say that the SC should bar legacy admissions, or that ending AA is tantamount to ending racism. All of which, to me, miss the point entirely. This case really shows that the US believes education ought to be a walled garden. One where you have to prove your worth to the owning class in order to enter. This ruling closes a very small door on the three foot thick wall surrounding the garden of education. Liberals would like to believe they can make a truly equitable system of admissions that can somehow undo the injustices faced by minorities, but there cannot be a purely meritocratic system of education while there is capital-based access to it, nor should there be. Such a system cannot allow for this access because education is too liberatory.
Good take. I’ve seen so many liberals express apathy towards this ruling, or say that the SC should bar legacy admissions, or that ending AA is tantamount to ending racism. All of which, to me, miss the point entirely. This case really shows that the US believes education ought to be a walled garden. One where you have to prove your worth to the owning class in order to enter. This ruling closes a very small door on the three foot thick wall surrounding the garden of education. Liberals would like to believe they can make a truly equitable system of admissions that can somehow undo the injustices faced by minorities, but there cannot be a purely meritocratic system of education while there is capital-based access to it, nor should there be. Such a system cannot allow for this access because education is too liberatory.