Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: "No one benefits from ignorance... today's ruling makes things worse"

"Deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life." - Justice Jackson

“Gulf-sized race-based gaps exist with respect to the health, wealth, and well-being of American citizens. They were created in the distant past, but have indisputably been passed down to the present day through the generations.

No one benefits from ignorance. Although formal race-linked legal barriers are gone, race still matters to the lived experienc…