Well, at the core of this case is the question of how much does race count in decision-making

processes in America?

The court is saying it's time for a new era.

Nick Anderson is a higher education reporter at the post.

He's been reporting on colleges that consider race and admissions.

It's a policy based on decades of affirmative action precedent.

And this week, the Supreme Court rejected that policy.

And we're extremely strictly limiting the place that race and ethnicity have in these specific

high stakes admissions decisions.

These decisions are highly charged.

Right after Thursday's ruling, Yukong Mike Zhao showed up outside the court to celebrate.

All children will no longer be treated as second-class citizens in college admissions.

Zhao is president of the Asian American Coalition for Education, a group that actively supported

the lawsuit against this policy.

The rulings preserve meritocracy, which is the bad rock of the American dream.

Based up to a way, Christopher Banks was furious about the outcome.

This opinion is highly regrettable, highly regrettable.

He's director of education policy at the Urban League of Portland.

And he was outside the court leading a group of high school students on a summer program

in DC.

I myself benefited from Brown, Columbia, and Oxford.

I benefited from an excellent education.

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