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As a resident of Michigan, I was surprised to see this was still being fought about. everynametaken Send a noteboard - 28/04/2014 02:32:51 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.

Seriously, maybe outside the liberal bastion of Ann Arbor, where the University of Michigan is located, I haven't heard anybody talk about that law in ages.
While I don't doubt the good intentions of affirmative action programs, I do think the country as a whole needs to move on at some point. It is 2014, not 1950, and people know they need to get a good education and do well in school to get into a good college or university. There isn't really an excuse anymore for special advantage.

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As a resident of Michigan, I was surprised to see this was still being fought about. - 28/04/2014 02:32:51 AM 696 Views
Re: As a resident of Michigan, I was surprised to see this was still being fought about. - 02/05/2014 06:12:51 PM 1347 Views
Your comments are misplaced - 02/05/2014 08:13:11 PM 655 Views

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