John Roberts said it was fine if the applicant brought up race, either in an essay or otherwise. Nothing in this opinion should be construed as prohibiting uni

John Roberts said it was fine if the applicant brought up race, either in an essay or otherwise. Nothing in this opinion should be construed as prohibiting universities from considering an applicant's discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise. John Robert did say universities cannot construct race based quotas indirectly from essays or through some other means. ...universities may not simply establish through application essays or other means the regime we hold unlawful today.