Reading Thomas's opinion on affirmative action, and this quote is...whew!

"Meritocratic systems, with objective grading scales...have always been a great equalizer—offering a metric for achievement that bigotry could not alter."

This is not only ahistorical, it's delusional As a Black woman who has navigated elite white spaces my entire life, I've seen how "merit" is just a pretty bow we've put on white privilege and cultural supremacy. I've seen it in public schools. I've seen it in Ivy League colleges. I've seen it in elite corporate offices