# Supreme Court poised to strike down affirmative action in Harvard and UNC cases - let's talk about the ramifications (now struck down, June 29, 2023)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-poised-to-strike-down-affirmative-action-in-harvard-and-unc-cases-lets-talk-about-the-ramifications-now-struck-down-june-29-2023/981710>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 27, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-poised-to-strike-down-affirmative-action-in-harvard-and-unc-cases-lets-talk-about-the-ramifications-now-struck-down-june-29-2023/981710 "2023-03-27T11:39:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 84

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-poised-to-strike-down-affirmative-action-in-harvard-and-unc-cases-lets-talk-about-the-ramifications-now-struck-down-june-29-2023/981710/84 "2023-06-29T22:42:29Z")

</div>

> [@Buck\_Godot](#):
>
> But as far as they are concerned, once removed is enough. Just becuase 99.999% of legacy candidates are white doesn’t mean its racist. Their interpretation there is no such thing as systemic racism. As soon as the modern interpretation of the 14th Amendment ended Jim Crow laws, our society became completely equal, and acting as though it is otherwise is racist.

It’s possible the Supreme Court would rule that way, but I’d still be interested to see a case like that make it’s way to the Court and see what happens.

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-poised-to-strike-down-affirmative-action-in-harvard-and-unc-cases-lets-talk-about-the-ramifications-now-struck-down-june-29-2023/981710)._