The Future of Affirmative Action: Reclaiming The Innovative Ideal

Susan Sturm, Lani Guinier
1996 California Law Review  
We are witnessing a broad-based assault on affirmative action-in the courts,' the legislatures, 2 and the media.' Opponents have defined affirmative action as a program of racial preferences that threatens fundamental American values of fairness, equality, and democratic opportunity.' Opponents successfully depict racial preferences as
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