AA was dead anyway. Schools who want to give Blacks preferences have been doing it already. California had banned AA in colleges for 25 years.
If you talk to any admissions office privately they'll tell you they can easily find out the race. You need an email, that email is tied to your FB, etc, with your photo on it. They use zip codes. Hard to find white people in 90002 area code (Watts). We are in the online, informational age, companies know what who you are when you apply.
Colleges have been skirting this for ages now. All this does is give white racists a feel good moment. Harvard can easily know the race, gender, anything. You still have write a personal essay. You don't think Blacks say something in it that tells them they're Black? You don't think Harvard knows if you list you are president of the BSU at your school you aren't Black? Or you sing in your church choir or any number of things.
AA is something white liberals said they are going to do for us. No black activist suggested it. They sold Blacks on it. Made us make it personal then used it to get white women, white handicap, etc the bag.
And then the right wing used it against us to get votes.
All this is a backlash against reparations, and gains and strides we are making fast. It shows white people desperation.