Op-Ed: Harvard’s loss on affirmative action raises questions about university DEI programs

This article originally appeared in the Washington Times on July 1, 2023

“Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it.” So writes Chief Justice Roberts in his Supreme Court majority opinion ending the use of race preferences in college admissions.

Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College, which also applies to a companion suit against the University of North Carolina, is a monumental victory for proponents of race-neutral enforcement of civil rights guarantees and a colorblind Constitution.

But it is only a first step toward unwinding the divisive “diversity” apparatuses corrupting the intellectual environment at U.S. colleges and universities.

Last month’s decision effectively overturns a 2003 precedent, Grutter v. Bollinger, in which the Supreme Court held that promoting diversity on U.S. campuses was a “compelling interest that can justify the use of race” in admissions. Although the Grutter court forbade the use of racial quotas or set-asides, it allowed schools to consider race as part of a holistic application to achieve “the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body.”

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