A few minutes after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action, an email from the 80-20 Initiative, a Chinese political action group, landed in my inbox with the subject head "VICTORY."
I racked my brain, but I couldn't think of anything about Thursday's decision that was a victory for Asian Americans. What have we won?
In their email, the 80-20 Initiative's answer was "Equal opportunity for Asian Americans in education." But that is false. The court's ruling makes the current method of achieving a diverse student body illegal, but doesn't replace it with anything. Colleges and university systems must create their own.
