SCOTUS on Discriminative Action

SCOTUS Falls Short

Look, either discrimination is wrong or it is not. Either you can do things automatically because of someone's skin color or you can't. "But wait," you say. "We only want to help people." Isn't that the same raitonale that racists used to keep blacks out of schools in the 50's? They only "wanted to help the little white kids get a better education by not having to be in school with those negroes?" Now it is non-minorities (mostly whites and Asians) who are held out of school in favor of another, based solely on skin color. SCOTUS is wrong on this one. It should be banned.

Court Limits Race As Factor in Admissions (washingtonpost.com)

WASHINGTON - In two split decisions, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that minority applicants may be given an edge when applying for admissions to universities, but limited how much a factor race can play in the selection of students.

The high court struck down a point system used by the University of Michigan, but did not go as far as opponents of affirmative action had wanted. The court approved a separate program used at the University of Michigan law school that gives race less prominence in the admissions decision-making process.