Early data suggest that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last year to strike down affirmative action in college admissions—and none of the other admissions factors that give preferential treatment to wealthier White applicants like legacies and boosts for children of donors—has led to a *significant* drop in the percentage of Black students coming into highly selective colleges this year. Amherst College, a nearly three-fourth drop Black students in the incoming class of 2028: 3% Black students in the incoming class of 2027: 11% MIT, a two-thirds drop Black students in the incoming class of 2028: 5% Black students in the incoming class of 2027: 15% Tufts University, a one-third drop Black students in the incoming class of 2028: 4.7% Black students in the incoming class of 2027: 7.3% The percentage of incoming Latinx students also declined significantly at Amherst and MIT. The percentage of Asian students slightly increased at Amherst and slightly decreased at Tufts. Meanwhile, the percentage of incoming White students rose at both Amherst and Tufts, which appears to have been the goal all along of the Supreme Court Justices and Edward Blum who brought this case before them. The SCOTUS ruling didn’t create an equitable application process for all students no matter their race or class. The SCOTUS ruling further rigged the process to admit more wealthy White students while telling Black, Latinx, Native, MENA, Pacific Islander students—and low and middle income White and Asian students that they didn’t get admitted to that highly selective college because there is something wrong with them. This is the racist American way these days. Claiming the most disadvantaged groups are the most advantaged. Reframing antiracist efforts that create equal opportunity as unjust. Passing measures and making rulings that end up further excluding disadvantaged groups from the most coveted spaces. Telling them they are excluded because there’s something wrong with them (and not the measures and rulings). Calling those measures and rulings and ideas “not racist.” Rinse and repeat. theguardian.com/us-news/arti…