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What Happens After the End of Affirmative Action?
What Happens After the End of Affirmative Action?
David Malcolm Carson in San Francisco, CA. (Aaron Wojack for The Free Press)
The Supreme Court is expected to rule that colleges can no longer rig for racial diversity. Some say ‘that’s dangerous and cruel.’ Others say it’s about time.
By Rupa Subramanya
06.27.23 — Education
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What Happens After the End of Affirmative Action?

When he was growing up outside San Francisco in the seventies and eighties, David Malcolm Carson almost never thought about race or affirmative action.

Carson’s mother is Jewish; his father, black. His friends were a racial and ethnic smorgasbord. 

In high school he started to cast about for an identity, and became more aware of his blackness. 

“I began to…

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Rupa Subramanya

Rupa Subramanya is a writer based in Ottawa, Canada. She began her writing career at The Wall Street Journal India with a weekly column focusing on the intersection of economics, politics, and public policy. Her work has been cited in The New York Times, Financial Times, and The Guardian among others. She is a former columnist for the National Post.

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