Mary Sanchez: Dear Chief Justice, here’s an essay to help you understand race in America today

Let’s say this very quietly, lest we upset the privileged.

Because a majority of the white U.S. Supreme Court justices, plus their most reliable Black peer Clarence Thomas, don’t want us mentioning, much less worrying, about race. Not in the admission processes used at some of the nation’s most prestigious colleges and universities, anyway.

In this, the justices are echoing the hyper-conservative and busy-body mindsets that demonstrate at school board meetings across the county. These voices are astounded that teachings on slavery, the slaughter of