[flowerplough]

The state bar has refused to facilitate his probe. Citing privacy concerns, the bar has denied him access to detailed demographic data collected from exam-takers since 1972.

lawyers is as lawyers does, hayna? 99% of 'em give the rest a bad name.

[ronnie raygun]

Affirmative action hurts everyone across the board
affirmative action negates qualification
Giving someone a title because of the color of thier skin first and experience second, in some physical jobs could be very dangerous for all involved

[Clock King]

The change must occur at the cultural/home level. Black families must take academic study seriously, like other minorities do. Accept no failure, no excuse. Then the black children will be ready for college (and life) and succeed.

[Kieri]

I’m waiting for Obama to trial balloon a “divine right” theme. He thinks he’s owed the Oval Office and he’s already demonstrated arrogance in the religion department.

[onlylewis]

Does affirmative action help or hurt African American law students???????????

Here sure as heck hurts the people they represent after they begin a practice.

[Onelifetogive]

Sander said he was surprised at the vehemence with which people attacked his motives. A former Volunteers in Service to America participant, fair-housing activist and campaigner for Chicago's first black mayor, Sander, who is white, insisted he was simply trying to examine an important question.

"Hey! I'm not some right-winger! I should be allowed academic freedom."

[mike-zed]

“He hypothesized that in the interest of promoting diversity, law firms sometimes hired black lawyers who were underqualified”

Isn’t that the definition of “affirmative action”?

[Blind Eye Jones]

It hurts because the student will never believe he is at the same level as his peers. It’s an insult to students and says they have failed to meet high standards.

[Gay State Conservative]

When The Most Ethical President In History had his heart surgery a few years ago I recall having seen a small bit of a press conference that his doctors held before or after the surgery.I was first struck by the fact that every one of the several doctors (I think there were four or five) at that press conference was a white male.