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Conservative US Supreme Court reconsidering affirmative action, leaving the use of race in college admissions on the brink of extinction

  • Written by Travis Knoll, Adjunct Professor of History, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
Conservative US Supreme Court reconsidering affirmative action, leaving the use of race in college admissions on the brink of extinctionThe U.S. Supreme Court in its official portrait on Oct. 7, 2022.Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. military learned a valuable lesson about race during the Vietnam War: Diversity does not happen without affirmative action.

That helps explain why a distinguished group of 35 military officials wrote a brief to the Supreme Court supporting...

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