Hey there, it's Shimita here.

We just got a major ruling from the Supreme Court.

It put an end to affirmative action in college admissions, meaning universities can no longer

consider race when accepting a new class of students.

The ruling is expected to have pretty big repercussions for schools and for students.

And it reminded me of a conversation I had earlier this year with a researcher who said race-conscious admissions

is only a sliver of the problem with elite colleges and the future they set us up for.

So let's revisit that conversation today in light of this massive

Supreme Court news.

This is in conversation from Apple News. I'm Shemeita Bassu of weight, symbolism all over the world. They mean something.

Oh, you went to Princeton? You must be smart. You must be hardworking. You must be deserving. You must be dot dot

well you mustn't be anything other than wealthy. realize how common these pathways are that are basically available only to the wealthy

disproportionate chair of whom we're white.

Evan is a Harvard graduate himself.

He's also a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, which is part of

Cuny, the City University of New York, where more than half of the students

come from families making less than $30,000 a year.

He's also the author of the book Poison Ivy,

how elite colleges divide us.

There is so much conversation right now about affirmative action and whether it's

fair or not fair. But Evan says we're talking about the wrong thing. The real problem with the admissions process

isn't how much it favors disadvantaged students.

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