Do We Still Need Affirmative Action?

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  “Banning Affirmative Action Resegregates Higher Education”

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Banning Affirmative Action Resegregates Higher Education

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College admissions statistics in Michigan , where affirmative action programs were most recently banned in 2006, show the dramatic impact and danger of eliminating all consideration of race. Despite aggressive measures by university officials to counteract the effects of the ban and to avoid duplicating the experience of California, black enrollment at the University of Michigan Law School dropped 45% in 2008. Black enrollment at the Wayne State University School of Medicine – an institution that has historically trained a significant proportion of all black doctors in America – plummeted 75%.   It is socially and politically unviable that in 2008 a black man could become President of the United States , but a black or Latino child can’t become a doctor or a lawyer.

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"Definitely" BAMN

• As Long as Racism and Sexism Exist, Affirmative Action is Still Needed
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• GPA and Standardized Test Scores are NOT Neutral Measures of Merit
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• Racism is the Cause of the "Badge of Inferiority"
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• Banning Affirmative Action Resegregates Higher Education
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• How to Keep Our Nation on the Path to Equality
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"Affirmative Action is Divisive" Center for Equal Opportunity

• Only Kind of “Affirmative Action” at Issue is Racial Discrimination
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• The Only Issue is Whether the Benefits Outweigh the Costs
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• The Two Claimed Benefits of Affirmative Discrimination Not Persuasive
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• There Are Many Undeniable Costs to the Use of Racial Preferences
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• Envision the Society We Want/Ask if Preferences Will Help Us Get There
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"We Need Affirmative Action" AAAA

• Affirmative Action is Necessary
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• Diversity is a Compelling State Interest
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• Discrimination Continues to Exist
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• To End Racism We Must Take Account of Race
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• Eliminating Race Does Not Benefit Whites
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• Opponents Mis-Characterize Affirmative Action
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• Dr. Martin Luther King Would Have Supported Affirmative Action
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• The Changing Demographics Call for Affirmative Action
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"We Have To Think for Ourselves" Brandon Brice

• The Equal Opportunity Act Was Not About “Quotas”
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• The Bigger Picture of What’s Wrong With Black America
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• Lack of Preparation
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"Moving Beyond Race and Gender" Jennifer Gratz

• Equal Opportunity for All
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• The Constitutionality of Affirmative Action
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• Our National Tragedy
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