Editorial

Supreme Court justices are expected to decide on a Harvard admissions lawsuit soon. The justices would do well to take a pass on the lawsuit, which relies on flawed statistical data to suggest Harvard is discriminating against Asian American applicants.

The Tulsa Massacre and Elaine Massacre underscore America’s legacy of excluding Blacks from opportunities to acquire wealth.

An estimated 10,000 Blacks were hired through Jobs Clearing House, founded by Tom Brown. This was a major change in the employment status of Blacks in Boston.

Major employees for big companies are now required to comply with high standards of racial equality. Past misconduct can be disqualifying regardless of the race of the applicant.

It has become clear that individual enterprise and the free market alone are insufficient to sustain that high level of life that Americans should enjoy in the modern world. While Americans have pursued individual success we have permitted the roads and bridges to deteriorate.

Fellow alumni of Boston Latin School used to greet one another as survivors of an intense academic barrage. In the old days, students admitted to the sixth class were told at the welcoming assembly, “Look to the left and to the right. Only one of you will make it to the graduation ceremony.”

According to the New York Times, there are presently no Blacks among the 128 members of the Jockey Club, and there are only five Black staff among their 286 employees. The Jockey Club demonstrates how to curtail Blacks from expanding in an industry in which whites believe they should have exclusive ownership.

The U.S. Supreme Court now has a case before it to determine whether a state law restricting the right to carry a gun violates an individual’s privileges under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

The question now becomes whether the impact of Black poverty on the economy is sufficient to induce policymakers to remedy the problem.

The executive branch will have the authority to investigate police departments that are violating the civil rights of citizens.

Prominent Black business CEOs have rescued American democracy. They united in unequivocal opposition to efforts of numerous states to establish voting rights restrictions. They asserted that “voting is the lifeblood of our democracy … and is the most basic and fundamental right of all Americans.”

Not everyone can afford the cost of living in a high-rent area, but it is good to acquire the practice and etiquette of doing so in order to be ready to buy your dream house when the opportunity arises.