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> In a lot of ways, affirmative action is a boogeyman that doesn't exist in the way many people think. In that case, can you explain why two schools would've f
by 0xcafefood 3y ago
> In a lot of ways, affirmative action is a boogeyman that doesn't exist in the way many people think.
In that case, can you explain why two schools would've fought for the explicit use of race in deciding school admissions all the way to the Supreme Court?
- prpl 3y agoLaziness? It’s cheap and it gives them a lever they wanted.
- arcticbull 3y agoI expect part of this was just retaining their right to do so as they are losing a degree of flexibility in admissions here.
- jvanderbot 3y agoCalifornia has been trying to overturn it's race-blind policy for some time. The original policy was instituted about the same time as everyone else's. The intent of overturning it, of course, is to then go further and institute a policy more like the one seen in this case. It has been overturned at the referendum level every time.