Affirmative action is over in the United States, but only for Black people

‘American meritocracy is a myth that was crafted by the powerful to excuse their role in inequity.’ Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Affirmative action as we know it is officially over.

The US supreme court ruled this week that race can no longer be considered as a factor in university admissions. And just to be clear, affirmative action as a whole isn’t cancelled – it’s just the race part that the court is gutting.