I’m sure anything that I pose here isn’t going to be Earth shattering, or different from what has already been written and discussed about the final legal rulings of this term given by the Supreme Court of the United States. In a week unlike any other in American history, the Supreme Court decided it was going to throw its weight around and rewrite American history, this time not in the affirmative of rights of the people, but in stripping and restricting rights, access, and advancement in this country.

If I understand this correctly, mostly White business owners, and Congressmen, who didn’t need their PPP loans forgiven, were granted that, but students who went to college and completed their education, were denied relief from the anvil that is student loans because the Supreme Court said that the Secretary of Education went too far in providing relief. Then the Justices decided that they were going to take a hypothetical case, with a hypothetical scenario, with a fictious story and ram it through the court that now allows for businesses to deny service to LGBTQ+ people because it infringes on their religious beliefs.

And if that wasn’t enough, they threw the haymaker and said that Affirmative Action in higher education is unconstitutional. All of these cases were decided along ideological lines for the justices. The 6 Conservative Justices in the majority and the 3 Liberal Justices in the dissent. The thing that I continue to find remarkable is every time Justice Clarence Thomas, a Black man, has the opportunity to decide cases of Affirmative Action, he ALWAYS sides with the Conservative Justices, either in dissent or concurrence. It’s as if he forgot that he’s a Black man, whose seat on the bench is a DIRECT result of Affirmative Action. As if he forgets that part of his privileged education came because of Affirmative Action policies in higher education. He has drank from the well for so long, that instead of being a proponent for the advancement of the Black community, he finds a way to sink further away from the community.

So, as I sit here today, I’m asking myself what this means for me, and the generations behind me that are coming up, and the generations that haven’t been born yet. I am torn in so many different ways because each of these rulings impact my life in one way or another. I am an adult with substantial student loans to pay back. That $20,000 that was going to come off the books would’ve helped immensely for me. I am a Black man, who has more educational goals than just my bachelor’s degree. How does phasing out Affirmative Action in the decision-making process impact my chances of acceptance to reputable graduate institutions. I’m a proud part of the LGBTQ+ community, and I’m really nervous about how this ruling will open the door for further removal of rights for my community.

For as many people that feel all these rulings are appropriate, ask yourselves, would you be supportive if you were one of the class of people affected? I’m sure for most of you the answer would be no. When people ask the question how did this right or that right get taken away by an Earth-shattering ruling, we look back on these major rulings that laid the groundwork for that catastrophic ruling to be made. This activist court is laying all the requisite foundation for more consequential changes to come regarding Affirmative Action, financial equality, and LGBTQ+ rights. We must be mindful and proactive to ensure we can elect officials that will select judges who will rule with an eye towards equality and true justice.

These decisions that these nine men and women are making aren’t just in a silo. They don’t just affect the country along the ideological spectrum that agrees with their rulings. They affect everyone and everything that we do in life. There is a danger that this court is reverting American policy back to the “Good Ole Days” of White majority rule. Restricting the progress of American life and democracy. The constitution granted rights to ALL citizens, not a few or the ones that have the power to control. Why are these ruling so consequential? Black people have been disenfranchised since being brought to America, Affirmative Action was a Conservative policy enacted to help level the field. Take that away in higher education, is the business world next? If that happens, do we go back to seeing even more majority White C-suite offices in Corporate America?

Why is relief so difficult to come by for everyday Americans? We let corporations, company executives, and wealthy individuals get away with debt relief and financial restructuring all the time. But when a policy is written that aids everyday people with managing finances and lightening their debt loads, the court or government, want to say that’s a bridge too far. I guess that Reganomics is still prevalent today huh. Who the fuck knew that an outdated, ineffective policy from the 1980’s would still be guiding an entire ideologies belief set. Help the rich, fuck the rest right.

And the LGBTQ+ situation, I could spend 50 blogs writing about the ramifications of what the court just did. You have a ruling that was based on a hypothetical that doesn’t exist, you lied about the man in your brief. You said he was gay, and he asked for your site to make a wedding site for him. The truth is that the man is straight and has been married for 15 years, oh and he didn’t ask the lady for anything. Bruh are we really living in a world where the government, White folks, still making up shit just to get a policy they don’t believe is just overturned. I’m not shocked, I’m just tired of the shit happening every time we turn around.

The sad truth is that as long as we live in a society where there is one class of people who still believes that they are superior to others, we will always be in a place where we have to be concerned with the courts rewriting history in a negative aspect for those in the minority and who have little to no power. Speak up, speak out, do something and advocate for and effect change.