America is the land of opportunity, so the government should stop discriminating on the basis of race. The Supreme Court reiterated that principle just last year. In a pair of cases brought by the Students for Fair Admissions, the Supreme Court struck down racially discriminatory admissions programs at Harvard and UNC. The principles behind those decisions extend beyond higher education. The government has no license to treat us differently because of race. Instead, the Constitution and civil rights laws protect the equal rights of all individuals to pursue their version of the American dream.
Not every government official got the memo. Federal, state, and local laws continue to discriminate at the expense of individual opportunity in a myriad of fields such as government contracting, government boards, public education, and so on.
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