On Mediocrity

Abigail Fisher, the detestable embodiment of white privilege, lost her ridiculous lawsuit against the University of Texas admissions program yesterday. Fisher, an underachiever who apparently believed that her white skin entitled her to access to a university to which she didn't qualify academically, had sued UT, claiming that its system of admissions was somehow unfair to her and other white underachievers who were unable to meet admissions standards.

Fisher, as is well-documented, possessed neither the test scores nor the grades to earn admission to UT, but she was undeterred by this obvious fact. Rather than acknowledging her academic shortcomings and accepting that she did not, in fact, deserve a spot at UT, she instead initiated a lawsuit against the state's flagship university, ridiculously claiming that, despite her complete and total lack of qualifications, she nonetheless deserved admission based on... well, the color of her skin, it would seem.

Of course, the conservatives on the Supreme Court, led by the execrable Samuel Alito, decried the majority ruling, submitting a dissent so full of factual errors and racist conclusions that it is obvious that they did not spend a moment worrying about the specifics of this case, choosing instead to use the case as a hill upon which to make another ill-considered stand in defense of white supremacy. Alito, the bigot who wrote in college that "people nowadays just don’t seem to know their place. Everywhere one turns, blacks and Hispanics are demanding jobs simply because they’re black and Hispanic. The physically handicapped are trying to gain equal representation in professional sports. And homosexuals are demanding the government vouchsafe them the right to bear children.”

Yes. A man with opinions like this is allowed to sit on the Supreme Court and determine the future course of the country. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.

Fortunately, four of the seven justices who heard this case decided rationally, determining that race can be a factor in the lengthy and complicated admissions process. If you're confused, please read that again. Race is one of many, many factors that admissions officers may use when offering admission to applicants.

Is there anyone out there... Allow me to rephrase. Is there anyone out there who is not an open and ignorant bigot who does not believe that an integral part of the learning and maturation process is learning about and from people who come from different backgrounds and circumstances than you? Offering a diverse campus is an important obligation of every college admissions board, and it's one that they'll be able to continue to pursue, thanks to the four justices who ignored Abigail Fisher's racist claims about what she deserved based on her white skin.