U of M Racist Admission Policy

The Detroit News ^ | 12/5/01

[Moleman]

ANN ARBOR -- The challenges to the University of Michigan's undergraduate and law school admissions policies, to be heard Thursday by a federal appeals court, were once part of a crowded national docket of cases challenging affirmative action in higher education.
   Now, they're alone on the path to the U.S. Supreme Court and will be in a national spotlight when attorneys argue the cases before the entire 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.
   A similar challenge at the University of Texas is over and the University of Georgia decided last month not to appeal a decision that struck down its admissions program. That makes it more likely that if the Supreme Court decides how schools can consider race in admissions, the U-M lawsuits will be the test case.
   "There was already a lot of attention and importance on it, but this makes it more so," said Curt Levey of the Center for Individual Rights, the Washington-based law firm representing white applicants who say they were discriminated against in favor of less-qualified minorities. "The judges will hopefully be mindful that the Supreme Court is watching."
   All nine active judges of the appeals court will hear the cases, a highly unusual move. The entire court rarely hears a case until after a three-judge panel decides it.
   Six of the judges were appointed by Democrats and three by Republican presidents. Three are women and two are African American. Their decision will become law in Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky.
   Among those attending will be outgoing U-M President Lee Bollinger, and plaintiffs Jennifer Gratz, a white Southgate resident denied admission to the undergraduate school, and Barbara Grutter, the white mother from Plymouth Township who wasn't accepted to the law school. Outside, the Rev. Al Sharpton is expected to lead a demonstration of affirmative action supporters.
   Judges throughout the country have issued conflicting opinions on using race in admissions. In Detroit, one judge upheld affirmative action in U-M undergraduate admissions, while another struck down its use in law school admissions.
   U-M argues that getting a diverse student body is important enough to consider race, while the plaintiffs argue that decisions based on race are unconstitutional.
   Miranda Massie, a Detroit attorney representing minority students involved in the case, will argue that societal inequalities between whites and minorities require affirmative action.
   "This is a case about whether we continue to move forward toward equality or whether we go back to the days of separate and unequal, of segregation," she said.
   It has been almost 25 years since the Supreme Court set the ambiguous standard. In a 1978 case, the justices allowed some use of racial preferences in admissions. The question since has been whether a goal of racial diversity can be one of those justifications.

[Moleman]

U of M = racist liberal morons

[okie_tech]

"Six of the judges were appointed by Democrats and three by Republican presidents. Three are women and two are African American."

I'd lay down a bet based on those two bits of information alone.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Miranda Massie, a Detroit attorney representing minority students involved in the case: "This is a case about whether we continue to move forward toward equality or whether we go back to the days of separate and unequal, of segregation," she said.

So if minorities are given the chance to compete on merit rather than melanin, we will wind up with segregated schools? Who are the racists? Who are the people saying minorities can't compete?

[Dakmar]

Don't you know, equality is unfair if applied evenly. To be equal, we must set up different standards so one group or another doesn't have to work as hard to achieve the same goal. It's only fair. George Orwell must be laughing his a$$ of at this one.

[Hibernius Druid]

the chance to compete on merit rather than melanin

Well put. That's it, in a nutshell.

[Moleman]

That's exactly what I thought.
You can take one look at the make up of the court and you can bet they rule in favor of U of M's hideous liberal racist policy.
These students aren't rewarded by this policy they should be insulted by it.

[SocialMeltdown]

...the plaintiffs argue that decisions based on race are unconstitutional.

Do they want us to NOT notice race or do they want us to ALWAYS NOTICE race?

I suppose the formule is, if it's a crime, race doesn't matter. If it's a windfall lawsuit, then race does matter.

[FightThePower!]

What would you expect from this school?

[Moleman]

Throw this out whenever you hear some idiot talking about discrimination in America. Yes it exists and it is against white people and Christians and not against "people of color," Muslims, feminists, communists, homosexuals, or any other such group.
Worth repeating!

[Moleman]

Unfortunately this is what we have come to expect from these institutions.
I was thrilled to see MSU beat the liberals in football a couple of weeks ago.
Even then they whined, whined, whined that hey were cheated and somehow "owed" the victory.

[RightWingConspirator]

Regardless of how this court decides, I expect that the case will end up in the Supreme Court.

[RightWingConspirator]

Did they get extra points added to their score simply because some of their ancestors may have been slaves?

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[Teacher317]

I saw some expose show (20/20, 60 minutes, whatever) that was reviewing Michigan Law School's admissions policies a few months back. They found that a black applicant with a standard LSAT score (150?) had a 95% chance of being accepted to the school while a white applicant with a similar score was accepted less than 15% of the time... the results of their efforts to make the admissions 'fair'.

[riley1992]

You can thank former President Ford for championing this cause.

[Moleman]

You can thank former President Ford for championing this cause.
I didn't know that, what did he do??

[riley1992]

He has been a huge proponent of affirmative action in admissions at U of M. He attended and played football there and has made it very well known that he feels AA should stay as it's policy.

[Michael2001]

"U of M = racist liberal morons"

Yep. Basically sums it up