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That's what the University of Michigan used to do, it was ruled unconstitutional in Gratz v. Bollinger in 2003. It was never really clear (imho) how affirmativ

That's what the University of Michigan used to do, it was ruled unconstitutional in Gratz v. Bollinger in 2003. It was never really clear (imho) how affirmative action (as actually practiced) could be implemented; discrimination based on race has been explicitly illegal since 1964 but somehow the courts ruled that some discrimination was legal (in Bakke v. California) but the courts can't actually provide a workable solution, they can just shoot down what people try.

koolba 3y ago
> … but the courts can't actually provide a workable solution, they can just shoot down what people try. And they do it because reverse racism is just racism. The way you truly eliminate racism from society is by eliminating all its forms. And that includes “well intentioned” racism. If there’s any metric outside of academic competence that will be a deciding factor in an admittance process, the only acceptable choices are wealth and income. Though even those have their contrarian arguments.