Harvard’s Enrollment Drop Isn’t About Racism—It’s a Reset for Black America

When the Supreme Court ruled in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2023) that race-based admissions were unconstitutional, conservatives and common-sense Americans saw it as a long-overdue correction—a victory for merit, equal treatment under the law, and a renewed focus on helping American citizens first. But the left didn’t see it that way.

Instead, corporate media outlets like Reuters and The New York Times rushed to frame the ruling as the boogeyman responsible for the drop in Black student enrollment at Harvard. Their narrative? That the Court killed diversity and shut the doors of higher education on minorities.

Let’s be honest: that’s not journalism—it’s agenda-peddling.

A Convenient (and Misleading) Narrative

According to Reuters, Black student enrollment at Harvard dropped from 18% to 14% for the Class of 2028 after the Court’s ruling. That’s true. But what they won’t tell you is this: Harvard’s overall applications were already down by 5.14% even before this year’s class was finalized (Harvard Crimson). Early decision applications alone dropped by 17%.

Why? Because no one wants to apply to a university engulfed in controversy and chaos.

In late 2023, Harvard was humiliated by national scandals—ranging from antisemitism on campus to the embarrassing resignation of its president over plagiarism. The school became ground zero for campus intolerance and woke radicalism. CEOs vowed not to hire Harvard grads. Jewish donors pulled millions in funding. Freedom of speech ranked dead last at the university. And still, the media wants you to believe that race-neutral admissions were the real problem?

Give us a break.

They Blame the Court. But the Truth Is Far Broader.

It’s not just the scandals. It’s also economics. Harvard tuition just soared to over $82,000 a year, pricing out many lower-income Americans—including Black Americans—despite supposedly generous aid (Harvard Financial Aid Facts). But the media ignores that too. Because their preferred story is simpler: blame conservatives, blame the Court, and blame the end of affirmative action.

But correlation doesn’t equal causation. Just because the drop in enrollment happened after the Court’s decision doesn’t mean it happened because of it. In fact, the Court explicitly said students can still write about their background and challenges—they just can’t be given points based solely on their skin color (Supreme Court Opinion PDF).

Merit matters again. And that scares the left.

What They Really Don’t Want to Admit

Here’s the part of the story no one in the liberal press wants to cover: a huge portion of Harvard’s “Black student population” wasn’t African-American in the first place. It came from foreign nations like Nigeria, Ghana, Jamaica, and Trinidad—students with no roots in America, no stake in our history, and sometimes, dubious allegiances to our values.

These students—often the elite children of foreign politicians or upper-class families—benefited enormously from affirmative action policies that were supposedly meant to uplift descendants of American slavery. The result? The average working-class Black kid from Atlanta or Detroit was passed over for a wealthy Nigerian diplomat’s son who checked the same racial box.

That isn’t justice. That’s globalism dressed in social justice robes.

Now, thanks to the Supreme Court, that game is over.

A Win for Black Americans—Not Foreign Elites

The Make America Great Again movement has always been about putting Americans first, and that includes Black Americans who have been ignored and underserved by decades of elitist policy. The Supreme Court ruling is a step toward real equality, where success is earned—not awarded through identity politics or foreign favoritism.

And it couldn’t have come at a better time. The federal government has also begun tightening visa restrictions on foreign students—particularly those from countries with high overstay rates or shaky security vetting. That includes some of the very nations whose students once made up a disproportionate share of elite university admissions.

As documented in The Times UK and India Times, restrictions were proposed to cap international student admissions, limiting non-citizens to just 15% of the student body. Add to that a record 41% visa denial rate for African students, and the writing is on the wall.

As a result, we’re finally seeing American universities forced to prioritize citizens over non-citizens, and merit over melanin.

Conclusion: America First, Not Diversity First

Harvard’s drop in Black enrollment isn’t a crisis—it’s a course correction. For too long, America’s most prestigious institutions catered to global elites while marginalizing the very citizens affirmative action claimed to help.

The Supreme Court’s 2023 decision restored fairness, merit, and a colorblind Constitution. The only people mourning its impact are those who profited from a rigged system.

So no, Reuters, this isn’t a tragedy. It’s a long-overdue rebalancing—and one that puts the American Dream back in the hands of the American people.

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