This is a difficult and nuanced issue. Unfortunate that it fell on an institution as unqualified as the current Supreme Court. Wider society does owe something to marginalized groups that were literal second class citizens one generation ago, and then expected to compete on level footing with the children of first class citizens. As to why Asian and Jewish immigrants were able to do this has to do with culture. I don't think giving advantages in competition for elite college spots is or was the answer though. I really don't know how to fix it, but I can tell you Republicans being ignorant shitheads on the issue of race, and college campus Democrats acting all infantilizing and White-Man's-Burden-y does not help. White and Black people will not perform similarly in American society until the two cultures have merged and assimilated.
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