Justice Brown Jackson’s dissent in the Affirmative Action case was brilliant.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jacksonâs dissent is one for the ages. So many passages have been lifted. But let me underscore one that is not receiving enough attention. https://t.co/J49p2v4m6n pic.twitter.com/jxtEtCEl4V
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) June 30, 2023
Justice Jackson's dissent in the affirmative action cases was fantastic, and I'm going to point out some of the parts that impacted me the most here:
— Marcelius Braxton (@Marcelius_B) June 29, 2023
"Every moment these gaps persist is a moment in which this great country falls short of actualizing one of its foundational principlesâthe âself-evidentâ truth that all of us are created equal." /2
— Marcelius Braxton (@Marcelius_B) June 29, 2023
"I write separately to expound upon the universal benefits of considering race in this context, in response to a suggestion that has permeated this legal action from the start." /4
— Marcelius Braxton (@Marcelius_B) June 29, 2023
"the well documented âintergenerational transmission of inequalityâ that still plagues our citizenry. It is that inequality that admissions programs such as UNCâs help to address, to the benefit of us all. " /6
— Marcelius Braxton (@Marcelius_B) June 29, 2023
She then talks about Framers intent during the reconstruction and 14th amendment, which is important because many conservative Jurists insist upon relying on text and intent. She includes a quote from Senator John Sherman defending the 14th amendment: /8
— Marcelius Braxton (@Marcelius_B) June 29, 2023
Jackson says that "the Framers repudiated this Courtâs holding in Dred Scott v. Sandford, by crafting Reconstruction Amendments (and associated legislation) that transformed our Constitution and society.", which is also important for intent/text. /10
— Marcelius Braxton (@Marcelius_B) June 29, 2023
"So, when the Reconstruction Congress passed a bill to secure all citizens âthe same [civil] right[s]â as âenjoyed by white citizens,â, President Andrew Johnson vetoed it because it âdiscriminat[ed] . . . in favor of the negro." /12
— Marcelius Braxton (@Marcelius_B) June 29, 2023
"Thus, thirteen years pre-Plessy, in the Civil Rights Cases, our predecessors on this Court invalidated Congressâs attempt to enforce the Reconstruction Amendments via the Civil Rights Act of 1875…/14
— Marcelius Braxton (@Marcelius_B) June 29, 2023
Justice Harlan: "What the nation, through Congress, has sought to accomplish in reference to [Black people] isâwhat had already been done in every State of the Union for the white raceâto secure and protect rights belonging to them as freemen and citizens; nothing more." /16
— Marcelius Braxton (@Marcelius_B) June 29, 2023
But Jackson points out how white Southerners would refuse to sell land, how states would pass laws forbidding sales, and how Black people were unable to build wealth. She talks about sharecropping, vagrancy laws, Jim Crow laws, etc. /18
— Marcelius Braxton (@Marcelius_B) June 29, 2023
"Black people were exceedingly unlikely to be allowed to share in those benefits, which by one calculation may have advantaged approximately 46 million Americans living today." /20
— Marcelius Braxton (@Marcelius_B) June 29, 2023
She especially talks about federal and state government selective intervention, which made the disparities worse. This is super important because it's literally the government harming Black people. /22
— Marcelius Braxton (@Marcelius_B) June 29, 2023
"Thus, based on their race, Black people were â[l]ocked out of the greatest massbased opportunity for wealth accumulation in American history." /24
— Marcelius Braxton (@Marcelius_B) June 29, 2023
"Those past preferences carried forward and are reinforced today by (among other things) the benefits that flow to homeowners and to the holders of other forms of capital that are hard to obtain unless one already has assets." /26
— Marcelius Braxton (@Marcelius_B) June 29, 2023
She gives more examples and ends with this: "Given our history, the origin of persistent race-linked gaps should be no mystery. It has never been a deficiency of Black Americansâ desire or ability to, in Frederick Douglassâs words, âstand on [their] own legs." /28
— Marcelius Braxton (@Marcelius_B) June 29, 2023
"History speaks. In some form, it can be heard forever. The race-based gaps that first developed centuries ago are echoes from the past that still exist today. By all accounts, they are still stark." She then points out the wealth/income gaps. /30
— Marcelius Braxton (@Marcelius_B) June 29, 2023
— mike luckovich (@mluckovichajc) June 29, 2023
Legacy students and everyone else: pic.twitter.com/HxVdhkjRqJ
— Leaundra Ross đđđâžď¸ (@LeaundraRoss) June 29, 2023
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YES TF HE IS
From CBC dot com ITSELF pic.twitter.com/iJH4VQ4Atw
— âď¸đ đ˝ FAAFO Jacqueline Smith đ đ˝âď¸ (@MzSailiante) June 30, 2023
This kid canât even fvking vote in America he is Canadian. This entire case was an op by conservative activist Edward Blum. https://t.co/iDjzPAogor pic.twitter.com/bGnwiR8fSB
— Candidly Tiff (@tify330) June 30, 2023
Meet ED BLUM. He financed Shelby v. Holder, the 2013 case famously gutting the Voting Rights Act; went on to fund mediocre Abbi Fisherâs failed attempt to kill affirmative action & has now successfully pitted Asian against Black to finally dismantle affirmative action. Disgusting pic.twitter.com/JzYAHJg0ZS
— Jay âAffirmative Action Hackâ Perkins (@JohnathanPerk) June 30, 2023
noliwe rooks (@nrookie) tweeted at 9:58 AM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
They left it in military schools. Judge Jackson says: âThe court has comeâŚto theâŚconclusion that racial diversity in higher education is only worth potentially preserving insofar as it might be needed to prepare Black AmericansâŚfor success in the bunker, not the boardroomâŚâ
(https://twitter.com/nrookie/status/1674432190292332551?s=02)
Vincent âď¸ (@VtheEsquire) tweeted at 0:46 PM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
99 out of a hundred applicants could be white, but if the one is Black, THAT is who âtookâ the Asian kidâs spot.
Itâs a timeless American trope that Black folks are simply undeserving of any achievement.
They called Obama the Affirmative Action President but voted for Trump.
(https://twitter.com/VtheEsquire/status/1674474491966115840?s=02)
Bruce Wilson (@brucewilson) tweeted at 7:13 AM on Fri, Jun 30, 2023:
The *only* way for this #SCOTUS decision to be even remotely fair would be 1) outlaw legacy admissions, 2) full federal funding of K-12, 3) dramatically expand early childhood anti-poverty programs
None of that will happen, of course, so this is just more Jim Crow 2.0
(https://twitter.com/brucewilson/status/1674753003557978113?t=GBn7Fw6OazuJ87mxGPK2PQ&s=03)
ashley fairbanks (@ziibiing) tweeted at 9:43 AM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
This is going to be pretty devastating for Native kids, especially from reservations. Hard to compete on academic metrics alone when our schools are criminally underfunded.
ashley fairbanks (@ziibiing) tweeted at 9:48 AM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
Only 15% of Native Americans get a Bachelor’s Degree, so it’s definitely cool that we made it harder to go to college.
ashley fairbanks (@ziibiing) tweeted at 9:51 AM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
Our treaties require the federal government to educate our people, and they fail to do that. All of which, of course, fuels generational poverty.
https://t.co/XXUeWDnrtJ
(https://twitter.com/ziibiing/status/1674430286954897424?t=fm71FE7ImlRGN4VdKEGcmQ&s=03)
AKS (@AsheeshKSi) tweeted at 9:51 AM on Fri, Jun 30, 2023:
In other words, a bunch of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton grads decided that affordable higher education should be an elite, white privilege.
(https://twitter.com/AsheeshKSi/status/1674792881088008195?t=OnJ6lYp9GqeAZ4SWMYwSYw&s=03)
isa watson (@isadwatson) tweeted at 2:28 PM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
Ended up in a convo with an HBCU president today who said they fear a downstream effect of todayâs SCOTUS decision is that HBCU funding will quickly dry upâand especially if republicans get control of Congress.
My stomach dropped when I heard them say that to me. Iâm upset.
(https://twitter.com/isadwatson/status/1674500005392969745?s=02)
Brittani James, MD (@DrBrittaniJ) tweeted at 1:03 PM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
Meanwhile, I went to an Ivy-League school with kids who had entire buildings named after someone in their family.
YeeeahâŚGuess who doesnât have access to generational wealth like thatâŚ
Slave-descended Black people like me.
We are 400 years behind you.
You are 400 yearsâŚ
(https://twitter.com/DrBrittaniJ/status/1674478822077374492?s=02)
Brittani James, MD (@DrBrittaniJ) tweeted at 2:16 PM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
Iâve got so many diagnoses in Black women that were missed for YEARS by white doctors because they didnât believe my patients.
As a Black woman doctor who gets tired of cleaning up the racist misses of my colleagues, this means more to me than you know.
Thank you for sharing âĽď¸
(https://twitter.com/DrBrittaniJ/status/1674496981996118016?s=02)
Dominique Jean-Louis (@DominiqueJL15) tweeted at 10:57 AM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
Affirmative action đ§ľ:
Yesterday I had to look up my endocrinologistâs office info to get a referral.
I happened upon the fact that she graduated Columbia 5 years after I did. Which meant I was part of the team that admitted her, a team that regularly acted affirmatively.
I specifically chose her as my doctor because she is a Black woman. Race was a primary factor, but sheâs also a terrific physician.
Last year, sheâs looking through my most recent testing and asks me why my cholesterol is going up.
I repeated what my (white, male) PCP told me:
Itâs typical for patients like me whose âlifestyle catches up with them as they get older.â
She says that we just talked (kikiâd actually) about my lifestyle, which is very active and overall mostly healthy. *SHE BELIEVES ME* and recommends I go see a cardiologist.
The cardiologist is quickly able to diagnose me with familial hypercholesterolemia. Very easy to treat, a pill a day with zero side effects.
But itâs one of those diseases that if untreated, healthy people can drop dead of a heart attack before age 50.
Black women make up less than 3% of all doctors. The ones in the field, save lives, ESPECIALLY those of other Black women.
So it makes sense, if we care about Black lives, to employ and protect methods that ensure more Black doctors.
If. We. Care. About. Black. Lives.
This is not âwhy are you surprised?â This is not âhereâs why it basically wonât make a difference.â
Itâs literal more Black death by a thousand cuts and Iâm so mad and Iâm so scared and Iâm informed enough to know that is a perfectly appropriate response.
(https://twitter.com/DominiqueJL15/status/1674446959845822464?s=02)
Cortney Lamar Charleston (@bardsbesidebars) tweeted at 10:59 AM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
Let’s keep it a buck about what this Supreme Court decision is about: the objective is to keep the most “prestigious” academic institutions for social elites who are primarily and overwhelmingly white and wealthy (and male) those demos even more so than they already are today.
(https://twitter.com/bardsbesidebars/status/1674447387870257152?s=02)
Cortney Lamar Charleston (@bardsbesidebars) tweeted at 10:59 AM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
There are simply certain “tables” that Black and brown (and Asian!) folks are not supposed to sit at and this court decision bolsters a racist order that had been strongly challenged. That Asian(-American) students were used as the shield for this is the saddest thing to me.
Cortney Lamar Charleston (@bardsbesidebars) tweeted at 10:59 AM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
The concept of merit will never and can never exist where whiteness is contiguous with power.
(https://twitter.com/bardsbesidebars/status/1674447394312790017?s=02)
Yolanda Brown (@YolandaBrown_yb) tweeted at 5:33 PM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
Blind applications (devoid of all identifiable information) plus admission quotas based on family income would clear up any and all issues but âfairâ and âcolorblindâ arenât really the goals. They need that information in order to continue white affirmative action.
(https://twitter.com/YolandaBrown_yb/status/1674546675577413633?s=02)
â¨Kei$ha⨠(@GlamazonJay) tweeted at 9:56 AM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
I truly have an issue with Asian-Americans using white supremacist ideologies to undo all the work my ancestors did to provide an opportunity for all of us. Iâm not understanding how theyâre so smart but constantly offering themselves to be used like pawns.
(https://twitter.com/GlamazonJay/status/1674431711311192065?s=02)
Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) tweeted at 9:26 PM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
To let you further know the Supreme Court is on some bullshit, they said itâs totally fine for military academies to consider race in admissions. Now why is that? https://t.co/uiF9sScIty https://t.co/EckyzPLFHO
(https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/1674605360156672001?s=02)
Patrick C. (@PatrickC_Esq) tweeted at 11:03 AM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
Yâall quiet today @icecube @Tip @ninaturner @KillerMike @marclamonthill @chancetherapper
I would think the never Hillary, Pro Trump, and Pro Kanye crew would be celebrating this historic win đ¤Ž
(https://twitter.com/PatrickC_Esq/status/1674448573658701826?t=KxEwv8P6UzjcNEywWUxrkQ&s=03)
King Tampon I⢠(@AfricanPrincess) tweeted at 9:51 AM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
Somebody ask Marc Lamont Hill how those principles are holding up now that a generation has lost access to abortion and affirmative action. Itâs Vick that dude forever over here.
(https://twitter.com/AfricanPrincess/status/1674430423001354244?t=xSbNboavzowcKsrTD137Pw&s=03)
Chels âď¸ (@ChelsIsRight) tweeted at 9:31 AM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
“I voted for Jill Stein” – A bitch ass nigga named Marc Lamont Hill
(https://twitter.com/ChelsIsRight/status/1674425328394186754?t=RBEdZOh4YSSsdSTOMYTvRg&s=03)
#JoeMamađĽđĽđĽđĽđĽđĽđť (@Mama4Obama1) tweeted at 9:40 AM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
Congratulations to @esglaude @marclamonthill and all the other black men that did not vote for Hillary . You just closed the door behind you with this decision of the Court on Affirmative Action. All the work of our ancestors just flushed .
(https://twitter.com/Mama4Obama1/status/1674427516180922369?t=PZ1GFznEAppoUt54JDwjHw&s=03)
JosĂŠ (@josecanyousee) tweeted at 4:12 PM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
Madison, WISCONSIN
March 28, 2016
Hillary Clinton 2016 Campaign Event
Hillary Clinton was clear about the role the next POTUS would play in shaping the SCOTUS.
I donât want to hear jack ish from folks who campaigned with Jill Stein or were Bernie dead-enders in 2016. https://t.co/HLxgpogpiU
(https://twitter.com/josecanyousee/status/1674526367948611584?t=_Ph6Rq3e8ydwsgOnu3GESA&s=03)
BMB Empower Network (@BmbEmpower) tweeted at 9:12 PM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
.@RolandMartin asked #President #Bush if LEGACY should be eliminated from #college applications 19 years ago. The following day, white parents were furious and afraid that #Harvard & #Yale will change their rules and eliminate #LEGACY.
#affirmativeaction https://t.co/1zWilSUpCB
(https://twitter.com/BmbEmpower/status/1674601818460921857?t=XBFVqEIJK8Gyhx4PUzvWYQ&s=03)
Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH (@GeauxGabrielle) tweeted at 10:44 AM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
You, as a minority, would not even be able to APPLY to these institutions of higher education had somebodyâs Black ass uncle and grandmother not been hosed down by the fucking cops and shot at by the military protesting for your right to be there.
(https://twitter.com/GeauxGabrielle/status/1674443641656340483?t=kh5kqJN9kL_UeftB7bvVGA&s=03)
Michael Steele (@MichaelSteele) tweeted at 6:11 PM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
Affirmative Action asks schools to consider race as A factor in student admissions, so Black student population at elite institutions must be AMAZING!
Well…
Harvard 6.6%
Yale 6.5%
Brown 7.0%
Princeton 4.7%
Columbia 5.1%
Cornell 5.0%
I can see why folks want to get rid of it.
(https://twitter.com/MichaelSteele/status/1674556118738120705?t=-Fc5ZlApJoP_5kyy9HZeZQ&s=03)
Chris D. Jackson (@ChrisDJackson) tweeted at 11:26 AM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
.@CornelWest is a liar. On CNN, he just said Clarence Thomas is on the court because of @JoeBiden. The fact is, Joe Biden led the fight against Thomas and VOTED AGAINST confirming him to the Supreme Court.
Unbelievable.
(https://twitter.com/ChrisDJackson/status/1674454262007443460?t=EkEkMUZ7CqyWEvlcfCtgsQ&s=03)
Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) tweeted at 6:01 PM on Thu, Jun 29, 2023:
Today’s Supreme Court decision is a denial of opportunity.
Itâs not about being colorblind. Itâs about being blind to history, blind to empirical evidence about disparities, and blind to the strength that diversity brings to classrooms. https://t.co/pB872AnPbO
(https://twitter.com/VP/status/1674553789980835841?t=QKLpB4yJvUtxANS–lhiYg&s=03)
Roland Martin makes the direct connection from 2016 to yesterday đđžđĄ
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8eDPmdR/
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