After Supreme Court win, Californians for Equal Rights promises to keep fighting for equality
Christopher Tremoglie
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The Supreme Court officially ended systemic discrimination in the college admission process in June. In a 6-to-3 ruling, the nation’s highest court ruled against the unfair race-based affirmative action admission programs implemented by the University of North Carolina and Harvard College.
“Harvard College and the University of North Carolina (UNC) are two of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the United States. Every year, tens of thousands of students apply to each school; many fewer are admitted. Both Harvard and UNC employ a highly selective admissions process to make their decisions. Admission to each school can depend on a student’s grades, recommendation letters, or extracurricular involvement. It can also depend on their race. The question presented is whether the admissions systems used by Harvard College and UNC are lawful under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment,” the court wrote.
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“Respondents’ admissions systems — however well intentioned and implemented in good faith — fail each one of these criteria [of strict scrutiny]. They must therefore be invalidated under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment,” the court decided.
It was a true racial reckoning and welcomed decision by those who seek to move on from the race-obsessed culture created by many on the Left. And it’s the only way to genuinely have equality in the country. It also reflected the crux of the argument that Californians for Equal Rights (CFER) have made in numerous cases in recent years. “America has a growing and bipartisan national consensus against race-conscious admissions, and the court should reflect upon this consensus,” CFER stated.
I spoke with Wenyuan Wu, executive director for CFER, about the court’s decision and CFER’s work over the years to eliminate race-based admissions in college admissions and return to meritocracy.
“The landmark Supreme Court decision in the Harvard and UNC cases reaffirms a growing national consensus against race-based admissions,” Wu told me. “By and large, Americans disfavor pernicious racial classifications, which is fundamentally antithetical to our equal justice. The ruling only confirms the obvious — equality over race consciousness.”
Wu raises an excellent point and one that most on the Left either miss or outright ignore. Our country was founded on the unalienable right of equality. Our nation has not always lived up to that, but has ardently fought for everyone to have it over time. Many have claimed that the push for equality for all happened too slowly, which is a valid argument. Nevertheless, since its inception, the nation has always strived for it, overcoming many obstacles along the way.
In the 21st century, we have reached a point where everyone has equality of opportunity. Keeping race-based college admissions runs counter to equality of opportunity, which is precisely why it should be eliminated. The Court issued a just and fair decision.
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“Sadly, the progressive status quo is defending the indefensible in their collective condemnation of a long overdue, good decision, while further polarizing our nation by accusing the conservative justices as right-wing extremists,” Wu said. “The fight for what means to be equal and what America means must continue beyond the courtroom into people’s hearts and minds.”