kamaji observes:
"That is the essence of racial privilege.
Black Privilege is alive and well in academia."
But not for much longer, if the Asians win this case.
Which they will, if the current Court is as amenable to ending affirmative action as it was to ending Roe v. Wade.
The Asians v Harvard case will be the most important decision rendered by The Court in the 2022-23 term. I'm gonna make the prediction that even though the oral arguments are being heard in October, the decision on the case won't come down until the Court's final week next year.
Not since Taxman v. Piscataway (NJ) School Board** has there been an affirmative action case before the Court with the potential of overturning the "entire apple cart" and putting Harvard and the university system (and perhaps the entire USA) OUT OF the A.A. business. I would hope the Asians' attorneys have been carefully chosen and have their case well prepared.
** Wait! Stop right there! Who was "Taxman", you're wondering...
Sharon Taxman had the most ironclad case of reverse discrimination to ever be brought before the Court -- she was told point blank that she was denied the position she sought [even though better qualified] because she was white and the other applicant was black. Everyone -- including the left -- knew she was going to win the case, and with the win, affirmative action would be struck down and rendered unconstitutional by the Court.
But... Ms. Taxman "had her price", so to speak, and sold her cause (and the injustice to all whites) down the river for 30 pieces of silver. Well, actually, it was more $$$ than that, but she still "sold out cheap". The "civil rights community" put up several hundred thousand dollars and offered it to her to withdraw the case from being heard by the Court -- which she did, only days before the oral arguments had been scheduled.
And that's why we still HAVE affirmative action in the USA today.