Focusing college-student recruitment on poor neighborhoods can overlook middle-class African Americans entitled to affirmative action.
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Race-Blind Admissions Are Affirmative Action for Whites
In 1994, University of Michigan rejected Jennifer Gratz, setting in motion the overturning of state’s affirmative-action policy. Now, she’s challenging a black student who’s protesting her own rejection.
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The Inevitable Elimination of Affirmative Action in Michigan
Given the Roberts Court’s past actions on affirmative action, Michigan’s Proposal 2 is likely to escape D.C. unscathed.
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Daily Meme: The Roberts Court Takes Another Look at Affirmative Action
Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action-or as you probably know it, the University of Michigan affirmative-action case. Unlike last year’s Fisher v. University of Texas, the justices won’t be debating the validity of assessing race in higher-education admissions. Instead, the case revolves around a 2006 […]
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Affirmative Action’s Ominous Future
Will the Supreme Court strike another blow to affirmative action next term, or will they continue kicking the can down the road?
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Class-Based Affirmative Action Is Not the Answer
Economic diversity is just as irrelevant to actual equality as racial diversity has been.
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The Class-Based Future of Affirmative Action
Progressives must move on from the idea of race-based admissions policies.
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Yes, Justice Thomas, Affirmative Action Is Constitutional
The Supreme Court’s most ardent originalist gives us a weak argument against the policy.
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Where Do Americans Stand on Affirmative Action?
Whites hate it, everyone else supports it.
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Why Affirmative Action Still Matters
The Supreme Court justices may disagree with the affirmative action policies challenged in Fisher v. UT Austin, but there is no doubt that they are constitutional and have been effective in making Texas’ university system more racially and socioeconomically diverse.
