According to the prophecy, we are in the last days when race will matter in the molding of American citizens. This particular prophecy was made in 2003 by Sandra Day O’Connor in the majority opinion for Grutter v. Bollinger. Upholding the University of Michigan Law School’s right to use a race-conscious admissions process, she nonetheless declared that such measures would soon be obsolete: “We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary.” By biblical standards, it is a mild, carefully hedged prophecy. But it has had biblical effects, influencing college and…