Cohen's dignity principle, absent specification, cannot distinguish remedial race-conscious burdens from historically oppressive ones, undermining its claim to invariable application.

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Cohen(as a reference to mathematical results about axioms): Paul Cohen was a mathematician who proved in the 1960s that certain basic assumptions about infinity and sets cannot be proven true or false from the other standard rules of mathematics.
dignity principle(ethical concept being evaluated): A rule or guideline that says all people deserve equal respect and fair treatment based on their inherent worth as human beings.
invariable application(what the dignity principle claims to have): A rule that applies the same way in every situation without changing or making exceptions based on different circumstances.
race-conscious(as describing the type of policy being critiqued): Policies or decisions that intentionally take a person's race into account, usually to address past racial discrimination.

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