Anyone who wonders why the people of Michigan concluded they needed a state constitutional amendment to ensure their public schools didn’t discriminate against people on account of race needs only to look at some of the race-baiting on our university campuses.
In Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, the Supreme Court recently declined to rule on the constitutionality of race-based admissions at public universities. But it did uphold the democratic right of the American people to use the lawful process in their states to pass restrictions banning the practice.
Sounds reasonable. And it is in sharp contrast to two recent, high-profile incidents at two different public universities. The day before the Supreme Court decision was handed down, Brent Terry at Eastern Connecticut State University cautioned his students that “colleges will start closing up” and revert back to the 1800s if the “racist, misogynist, money-grubbing” GOP has control of both the House and Senate in 2014.
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