Three things to remember about the Supreme Court’s unjust decision on college admissions

The U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting the use of race in college admissions may not be a total surprise, but it is still a slap of hard truth about the long road ahead for those who respect and understand the benefits of a more diverse and just postsecondary educational system.

It’s hard not to see the larger picture leading us here—which includes the assault on fairness and racial diversity already embedded in decisions by nine states to ban the consideration of race in the admissions processes at highly selective institutions. Colleges that take race into consideration only use it as one data point in a holistic approach that includes test scores, grades, and interests outside the classroom. Given that, in the most charitable assessment, these cases before the Supreme Court and the laws elsewhere are an overreaction, a solution in search of a problem.