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Officials, while disheartened by ruling, seize on chief justice’s language that allows discussion of race in college applicationsThe Supreme Court has banned colleges from using race as admission criteria, essentially ending affirmative action. California did the same 25 years ago. WSJ explains how what happened then can offer a road map of what could happen now. Photo Illustration: Madeline Marshall—but it cracked open a window.