The divisive Supreme Court ruling that banned race-based admissions has effectively ended affirmative action at colleges and universities. President Biden has said the decision reverses progress while Chief Justice John Roberts stated affirmative action is racially discriminatory and unconstitutional.
Straight Arrow News contributor Star Parker argues that basing admissions on merit, not the color of one’s skin, will ultimately bring our society closer together.
Affirmative action, like all racist policies, sets people apart based on their racial and ethnic backgrounds. It divides us, it marginalizes us as a society. And this practice stigmatized some of those of racial minority groups, ethnic backgrounds, and it disenfranchised others from less preferred groups.
It allowed faceless and unacceptable operatives to tokenize people of color. Although America has often failed to live up to its values of a true meritocracy, ending affirmative action brings us closer to being a society that upholds individual responsibility and merit. And this is good news. Thank you, Supreme Court.
And if we as a society continue in this direction, then we can truly build a future where the content of one’s character is the only measure that is worth our time, worth humanity to consider. It’s why we live free. It’s why we live wholesome. It’s why we are responsible with our choices. We don’t need government to get in the way of us living our humanity.
