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I'm surprised Breyer didn't join the dissenters. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 23/04/2014 08:12:46 AM

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Another great decision by SCOTUS! Affirmative action should be a thing of the past. If society should be color-blind, let it be color-blind.

It's important to note that the largest group of Justices aren't (directly, at least) judging the merits of affirmative action. They're ruling on whether states have the right to take an action, regardless of that action's wisdom. Kennedy outright wrote that the case "is not about the constitutionality, or the merits, of race-conscious admissions policies in higher education."

In any case, I don't think your statement "If society should be color-blind, let it be color-blind" is meaningful. If, for the sake of argument, there still exist wide-spread and significant disparities based on race, ignoring these disparities would not do as much to correct the situation as methods developed to fix them.

"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
~Camilla

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I'm surprised Breyer didn't join the dissenters. - 23/04/2014 08:12:46 AM 800 Views
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What measures? *NM* - 28/04/2014 01:00:10 PM 400 Views
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Re: As a resident of Michigan, I was surprised to see this was still being fought about. - 02/05/2014 06:12:51 PM 1475 Views
Your comments are misplaced - 02/05/2014 08:13:11 PM 746 Views

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