the other thing is that conservatives resolutely do not see the purpose of education as providing social mobility but as reifying and deepening existing inequalities of status. they are as hostile to low income students getting admission to elite institutions as they are black ones.

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“race-neutral policies would of course be fine” was THE conservative move throughout their judicial assault on affirmative action it never made sense under any of their doctrinal arguments. and now they’re coming for it.

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ah we are going to get some nice reverse disparate impact where having too many black people is evidence of anti-white discrimination

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i mean yeah! the idea is that above a certain number the presence of black students is in itself evidence that the institution isn’t choosing according to merit! bsky.app/profile/cero...

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this is an excellent thread 🧵

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