The Supreme Court will soon issue a decision in Fisher v. University of Texas. Abigail Fisher, the white plaintiff, challenges the consideration of race in the admissions policy of the University of Texas (UT). Fisher claims that the university’s top 10 percent plan (a facially "race neutral" admissions plan that guarantees admission to the top 10 percent of all high school graduates in Texas) is sufficient to admit a "critical mass" of minorities and that the consideration of race (for the remaining spots) unfairly excluded her.
It’s easy to see why someone unfamiliar with our history and ongoing racial inequities would impulsively disagree with the use of race as a factor in admissions. We know it’s wrong to treat people differently based on their skin color. However, this does not contemplate the full narrative of UT’s admissions policies. For many institutions of higher education, failing to consider race exacerbates a real and existing problem of social mobility among minorities.
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