by Stefan Stanford, All News Pipeline:
Before getting into the real meat and potatoes of this article, let us set the scene.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that affirmative action for college based admissions, was unconstitutional.
Via Britannica:
Affirmative action was initiated by the administration of President Lyndon Johnson (1963–69) in order to improve opportunities for African Americans while civil rights legislation was dismantling the legal basis for discrimination. The federal government began to institute affirmative action policies under the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 and an executive order in 1965. Businesses receiving federal funds were prohibited from using aptitude tests and other criteria that tended to discriminate against African Americans. Affirmative action programs were monitored by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Subsequently, affirmative action was broadened to cover women and Native Americans, Hispanics, and other minorities and was extended to colleges and universities and state and federal agencies.
Basically it was reverse discrimination, but at a time when blacks did not have the opportunities that other races did as they do today.