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Scotty Starnes posted: " Obama enjoys using the word fair until it comes to college admissions. Instead of fairly picking students based on merit, the Obama administration is pressuring the Supreme Court to allow colleges to discriminate against non-minorities in the so-call" | Respond to this post by replying above this line | New post on Scotty Starnes's Blog |  | 
Obama enjoys using the word fair until it comes to college admissions. Instead of fairly picking students based on merit, the Obama administration is pressuring the Supreme Court to allow colleges to discriminate against non-minorities in the so-called liberal name of "diversity." What else should we expect from the first Affirmative Action president? From WaPo: The Obama administration urged the Supreme Court on Monday to continue to allow universities to take race into account when assembling their student bodies, saying the government has a "vital interest" in drawing its leaders from a diverse pool of college graduates. The administration supported the University of Texas, whose policy of considering race as one factor in deciding who will be admitted to the flagship university in Austin is being challenged. The case will be one of the most important of the court's coming term — underscored by more than 50 friend-of-the-court briefs filed by outside groups and individuals. The Supreme Court said nine years ago that universities had a legitimate interest in building diverse classes and provided guidelines for administrators: An applicant's status could not be automatically boosted because of his or her race, but race could be one factor in a holistic review of the person's qualifications. Opponents of affirmative action have urged the court — now with justices more averse to race-conscious solutions — to reconsider the 2009 decision in Grutter v. Bollinger, or at least to find that UT's process falls outside those strict standards. The policy is being challenged by a white student, Abigail Fisher, who said she was rejected by the university while less-qualified minorities were admitted, violating her constitutional rights. She graduated from Louisiana State University in the spring. Continue reading>>> | | | |
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