OPINION:
Now the highest court in the land says racism is perfectly OK in school admissions — so long as it’s used for “positive” purposes (“Supreme Court upholds affirmative action ’plus’ policy,” Web, June 23). But if you use race to accept one person for a limited number of slots, you’re automatically using race to reject another person, and that’s not “positive” at all. In schools, only academic credentials should matter.
The Supreme Court has effectively come inversely full circle to its 1854 Dred Scott ruling: No white student has any rights a university need respect. It’s all about race, just as it was for Dred Scott when it came to basic civil rights. Bein the wrong race used to mean no rights. Today, being the wrong race means no admittance.
CHRISTOPHER MCKEON
Spotsylvania, Va.
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