Affirmative action. From: Yale Law Journal | Date: November 1, 1997| Author: Rubenfeld, Jed | COPYRIGHT 1997 Yale University, School of Law. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Constitutional justice supports the continuation of affirmative action in a more honest form. Affirmative action measures should be open and explicit and the true intent to further particular races or groups should be admitted and embraced. Affirmative action is a minor positive step to remedy the past destruction of a culture and should not be terminated until equal opportunity is realized.

Affirmative action is so burning it's boring. Why? Partly because so much of what one sees...

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