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in Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of pani
1964, that say 'no person' shall be took
discriminated against because of his
race," Williams wrote in a 1996 essay, ever
But Dr. Julianne Malveaux, a syndicated
columnist with USA Today, effec
would refer Williams to the words of actio
Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin legei
Luther King Jr. race
"The language of Marshall and
King allude to the development of a lev- ?Pen
el playing field," Malveaux said. "The
language of the Civil Rights Act... wro*
merely refers to the need of a level play- ^e (
ing field. [It does] not address the means
and remedies for achieving [it]." Corn
You can't just declare a level play- ^ ^
ing field without addressing how it was , ' ,
achieved, Malveaux said.
Since the enactment of the
CCRI. which first affected the Uni- i
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marked declines in the number of mi- a^m
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allege admissions process." Berkeley's Keith.
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Jniversity of Texas barred the col- Keith believes, ?
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lion. Others believe that race as an "There are ?
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al but necessary. sity," Keith said.
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ince in a positive manner without has hothing to dc
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affirmative action vantage because they often have ^
iiversity. I just don't standardized test scores that don't ac[y
for that," he said, curately predict their success in college.
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by Michael Williams number of minoriity,
former California Assistant ty students,
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hit. of minority stu- ^
i lot of students who dents, supporters of CCRI believe,
wn at a large univer- Affirmative action, a policy origi- ^
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Jniversity said. 20th anniversar
"And no one thinks preferences are it's legality and
air," she said. under rapid fire
But some students believe that re- "For many
ardless of affirmative action or pref- tion has been an
rences, the process by which univer- ance scales and i
ities diversify their campuses is a riers for WOm
lecessary one whose benefits far out- Malveaux said.
kreigh its drawbacks.
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Perhaps colleges and universi- v,nfirfi ?f
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acial preferences or quotas to active- rectors
y and effectively pursue diversity on
heir campuses. Affirmative action op- "Unless yoi
lonents suggest that looking at class ent defectivenes
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uch as the decrease in black and His- suing an adequ
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substitute for race. or man^11
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ould be used in admissions in an ef- he to 1186 ^
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