Why race-based affirmative action in college admissions still matters

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...still-matters/

It is desirable, and admirable, for selective colleges and universities to contribute to efforts to make the social class structure more fluid by recruiting socio-economically disadvantaged students, regardless of race. Seeking such students is a policy choice on the institutions’ part, and while admirable, there is no legal requirement that they pursue it.

Specific recruitment of African Americans, in contrast, should not be seen as a voluntary policy choice but rather as a Constitutional obligation to remedy past discrimination. That our reactionary Supreme Court has misinterpreted the Constitution to deny this obligation is no excuse for progressives to forget the distinction.


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I love the white guilt trip crap.

And commie libs just can’t get their feet on the floor in the morning without thinking of their wrongs through history.

People fresh off the boats from Europe and from Asia have for years out performed blacks.

And here in Florida they’re talking about getting rid of college entrance scores.

Racially motivated politics at its finest.