American Voices

The Affirmative-Action Decision

July 2, 2003 | ISSUE 39•25

Last week, the Supreme Court upheld the right of universities to keep admissions policies that incorporate race largely intact. What do you think?

  • Who is the Supreme Court to say what is right and what is wrong?

    Patrick Semple
    Architect

  • I'm not surprised. Have you seen who's on that court? A black, a coupla women, a Catholic, and at least two homos.

    Don Brophy
    Auto Mechanic

  • Universities need to be diverse in many ways. For example, I think I'd make a great token stupid person.

    Matty Lewis
    Cashier

  • I dated a black guy once. I just wanted to say that.

    Michelle Ardmore
    Waitress

  • If you teach a man to fish, he'll fish for a lifetime. So I hope these schools are teaching fishing.

    Donna Gordon
    Speech Therapist

  • Shit. You know what this means? It's going to be a week of, 'So, did you hear about the affirmative-action ruling?' at work.

    Craig Anderson
    Systems Analyst

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