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Universities aren't allowed to have racial quotas in the US. They are allowed have affirmative action that is implemented in a fuzzy non-numerical way, but they
by TheCoelacanth 6y ago
Universities aren't allowed to have racial quotas in the US. They are allowed have affirmative action that is implemented in a fuzzy non-numerical way, but they can't just say "we will admit X students of Y race".
- toast0 6y agoThey aren't allowed to have racial quotas anymore, but it was commonly done before the 2003 supreme court ruling that ended the practice.
- TheCoelacanth 6y agoRacial quotas haven't been allowed since 1978[1]. The 2003 case[2] was about a points-based system, not about racial quotas. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regents_of_the_Univ._of_Cal._v._Bakke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regents_of_the_Univ._of_Cal._v... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grutter_v._Bollinger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grutter_v._Bollinger