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Men talk of the Negro problem. There is no Negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have honesty enough, loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough to live up to their own Constitution -- Frederick Douglass, August 1893 |
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| Sunday, February 09, 2003 |
| Military defends use of affirmative action (EXCERPT) By Natalie J. Mikhail, News Writer February 07, 2003 As the fairness of affirmative action in higher education becomes an issue for the Bush administration, the U.S. Armed Services Academies are defending the use of race in their admission policies to maintain both integrated student bodies and officer corps. The issue gained attention after President Bush criticized the University of Michigan's policies that preference some applicants because of their race instead of "any academic achievement or life experience." Last month the Bush administration filed a brief in the Michigan case with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing the preference minority students receive in the admissions process violates the constitutional guarantee of equal protection under the law. University of Wisconsin political science lecturer Martin Sweet said Bush might have legitimate concerns. "Affirmative action splits a lot of people," Sweet said. "Bush may actually believe affirmative action is wrong." The Bush administration hopes to achieve diversity in higher education in a "race-neutral" way. The system would require schools to admit a specific percentage of students from every high school in a given state, but this standard would not apply to national institutions like the academies. Sweet said this solution is not balanced, because every high school's diversity is different. While the military academies do require all of their applicants to meet standard qualifications, race plays a part in who is finally accepted. Maj. Kent Cassella, chief of public information at the United States Military Academy at West Point, said race is important because officers need to be a reflection of so... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 07 Feb 2003, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://www.badgerherald.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/02/07/3e4309d239275 1:12:59 AM  comment []
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