America is having a Black Renaissance. We should learn from it.

But in reality, if Ivy League colleges started admitting more low- and middle-income students from public high schools, if prestigious magazines started publishing more articles from graduates of state colleges, if universities started hiring more women and people of color in faculty positions, those institutions would be just as good, if not better. They would just be different. Warnock arrived on the political scene with a resume (Morehouse College, Union Theological Seminary, pastor) that was distinct from Obama’s (Columbia University, Harvard Law, law professor) but extremely impressive in its own right.