Bottom row, from left, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. So the Supreme Court’s ruling on Affirmative Action, while upsetting, came as no surprise to anyone who has been Black in America for more than a week. But unlike the Dobbs decision last summer, you won’t see a lot of Black folks taking to the streets or demanding a reinstatement of Affirmative Action. White people have watched incremental Black progress and have decided that it comes to an end now.

Source: New York Times June 29, 2023 20:41 UTC