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When the current US Supreme Court strikes down race-conscious admissions procedures…

…which they will almost certainly do in the next couple of years, the Court will, oddly enough, in this instance have majority sentiment on its side, if not elite opinion:  opposition to using race and ethnicity as factors in admissions decisions for colleges is quite widespread.  More than 60% of Blacks, Hispanics, and Democrats say race or ethnicity should not be a factor at all in admissions.   (Philosopher Thomas Mulligan [Georgetown] has called attention to this striking fact previously.)

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