Washington (AFP) – The US Supreme Court on Monday revisits the divisive question of whether race can be used as a factor in deciding who gets admitted to some of America’s elite universities. The court is to hear two hours of arguments on the use of race in admissions to Harvard and the University of North Carolina (UNC) — respectively the oldest private and public institutions of higher education in the country. Harvard and UNC, like a number of other top US schools, use race as a factor in trying to ensure an adequate representation of minorities — historically African Americans — in the …