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University of California Regent Ward Connerly and Harvard Law School Professor Christopher Edley squared off in a heated debate about affirmative action last night at the Kennedy School of Government’s ARCO Forum...
...Edley, a member of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and a co-founder of the Harvard Law School’s Civil Rights Project, said affirmative action was crucial to ensuring excellence in any institution...
...cannot afford to lay aside a tool that is constructive and the door to opportunity for many many people,” Edley said, stressing the importance of diversity in the classroom and workplace...
...While Edley said socioeconomic considerations were important, he said the existence of a “color caste” in America was his more overriding concern...
...following question-and-answer session, Edley said the phrase “affirmative action” is itself a loaded term. He said conservatives use the term “race preference” while liberals use “affirmative action,” since polling shows that the former lowers support while the latter raises...