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After California voters passed Proposition 13 in 1978 to limit property taxes — and later Proposition 209 in 1996 banning affirmative action — Democrats sought ways to blunt or undo their impact through legislation and legal challenges.

They are, she writes, "the first beneficiaries of America’s new international affirmative action scheme for white people."

The administration is alleging that Harvard did not change its admissions policies after the Supreme Court ruled affirmative action unconstitutional.

A federal class-action lawsuit accuses UCLA’s medical school and various university officials of using race as a factor in admissions, despite a state law and Supreme Court ruling striking down affirmative action.

“Today,” he writes, “amid a backlash against affirmative action, so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and other measures designed to rectify past racial injustice, Malcolm’s calls for Black self-reliance have never seemed more urgent.”