SEPARATING THE WHEAT FROM THE TARES: THE SUPREME COURT'S PREMATURE STRICT SCRUTINY OF RACE-BASED REMEDIAL MEASURES IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.

As I frequented the ironically named Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard through the eastern portion of Lubbock, Texas, during my time living in the area from 2010-2012, I found this major thoroughfare to be a physical separator of Lubbock's Black residents from the rest of the city. 1 This street became a tangible marker of the continued housing patterns caused by decades of legalized segregation among Lubbock's residents. I also found the city's Latino residents to be heavily segregated.