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Read ! A Conflict of Principles: The Battle Over Affirmative Action at the University of Michigan PDF by * Carl Cohen eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. A Conflict of Principles: The Battle Over Affirmative Action at the University of Michigan But some of these efforts gave deliberate preference to blacks and Hispanics seeking university admission, and this Cohen recognized as a form of racism, however well-meaning. Odegaard (1974) at the University of Washington Law School, then Bakke v. Bollinger (2003). Regents of the University of California (1978) at the Medical School on the UC Davis campus, and culminating at the University of Michigan in the landmark cases of Grutter v. "No state shall deny to any person with
| Title | : | A Conflict of Principles: The Battle Over Affirmative Action at the University of Michigan |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.99 (633 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0700619968 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-03 |
| Language | : | English |
Cohen's own involvement in the battles over racial preferences and, in engaging and lucid prose, offering a critique of the judicial reasoning behind several momentous court decisions."—Wall Street Journal"The book is part memoir, part history, part policy—and all excellent."—The Federalist Society“Carl Cohen was an eyewitness and key participant in the debates over racial preferences in college admissions for nearly 40 years. He does this by citing Constitutional law, legal history, and the long struggle for black civil rights. His book aims to advance his long-standing principled argument against racial preferences in college admissions. His general point is that the Constitution is and ought to be colorblind. Interwoven with this legal argument is a m
I found it fascinating, having been a student at Rae C. Weaver I found it fascinating, having been a student at the U of M ('57). I remember the author when he was a teaching fellow and he argues the case perfectly in my opinion. It is very sound in principle - everyone should read it!. "Four Stars" according to Steve H.. an interesting discussion of the problem of affirmative action.. Acquisitions, UNLV Libraries said No Problem. No problem
But some of these efforts gave deliberate preference to blacks and Hispanics seeking university admission, and this Cohen recognized as a form of racism, however well-meaning. Odegaard (1974) at the University of Washington Law School, then Bakke v. Bollinger (2003). Regents of the University of California (1978) at the Medical School on the UC Davis campus, and culminating at the University of Michigan in the landmark cases of Grutter v. "No state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." So says the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. He recounts his role in the initiation of the Michigan cases, explaining the many arguments against racial preferences in college admissions. So when Cohen discovered, after encountering some resistance, how his school, in its admirable wish to increase minority enrollment, was actually practicing a form of racial discrimination—calling
. Carl Cohen is professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan and the author of Affirmative Action and Racial Preference
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