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Can We Improve on Affirmative Action?
The Supreme Court appears set to roll back racial preferences. But there may be better ways to achieve racial diversity
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You're characterizing each student by reason of the color of his or her skin,"
chided Justice Anthony Kennedy, during the Supreme Court arguments last week
over the legality of school-integration plans in Louisville, Ky., and Seattle.
"And it seems to me that that should only be, if ever allowed, allowed as a
last resort." Kennedy is the court's probable swing vote on this issue, and he
has a clear track record on racial preferences: he doesn't like them. "It
appears Kennedy is going to stick with his long-held position that affirmative
action is unconstitutional,"...
