Michelle Obama saddened by Asians’ newfound college admission opportunities.

Michelle Obama’s ‘Heart Breaks’ Now That Asians Are Getting Fair Shot at College Admissions

Michelle Obama says her heart is breaking.

But I’m not entirely sure why.

The former first lady’s statement after the Supreme Court effectively gutted affirmative action in colleges Thursday is confusing at best.

In response to the landmark ruling that colleges can no longer consider race in their decisions for accepting applicants, Obama — who graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School — issued a statement that began, “Back in college, I was one of the few Black students on my campus, and I was proud of getting into such a respected school. I knew I’d worked hard for it.

“But still, I sometimes wondered if people thought I got there because of affirmative action. It was a shadow that students like me couldn’t shake, whether those doubts came from outside or inside our own minds.”

She continued, “But the fact is this: I belonged. And semester after semester, decade after decade, for more than half a century, countless students like me showed they belonged, too.”

I wanted to share some of my thoughts on today’s Supreme Court decision on affirmative action: pic.twitter.com/Wa6TGafzHV

— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) June 29, 2023

Was Obama making the case for ending affirmative action?

The former first lady admitted that affirmative action was a “shadow” under which she and others lived because they worried people didn’t think they belonged.

The Supreme Court ruled in a case brought by Students for Fair Admissions that, among other things, said the racial preference policies of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina penalized Asian-American students.

In his opinion Thursday, Justice Clarence Thomas agreed, saying, “Racialism simply cannot be undone by different or more racialism.”

“Instead,” he wrote, “the solution announced in the second founding is incorporated in our Constitution: that we are all equal, and should be treated equally before the law without regard to our race.

“Only that promise can allow us to look past our differing skin colors and identities and see each other for what we truly are: individuals with unique thoughts, perspectives, and goals, but with equal dignity and equal rights under the law.”

Even former President Barack Obama agreed that affirmative action was flawed.

“Like any policy, affirmative action wasn’t perfect. But it allowed generations of students like Michelle and me to prove we belonged. Now it’s up to all of us to give young people the opportunities they deserve  —  and help students everywhere benefit from new perspectives,” he said in a statement, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

But his wife’s heart is breaking about the fact that students will now be judged on their abilities and not the color of their skin.

“So today, my heart breaks for any young person out there who’s wondering what their future holds — and what kinds of chances will be open to them,” she wrote.

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