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Regardless of whether or not we agree with Guinier's proposals, we believe that her speech can be a worthwhile addition to seniors' Class Day experience...
...Quota queen" Lani Guinier, on the other hand, is famous only for her attempts to dismantle democracy by turning it into a scheme for ensuring outcomes favorable to what she views as the interests of "authentic" minorities...
...Guinier asks, should geography rather than race determine how we form groups to elect representatives. The answer is simple--we want to encourage geographic communities, not racial balkanization...
While minority interests must be safeguarded within a democracy, Guinier's philosophy of groups "taking turns" in ruling is not the way to run a government. There are other ways to guarantee minority rights without fostering racial division, such as the Bill of Rights and a judiciary to enforce...
Even Clinton had the sense to drop Guinier. The Senior Class Committee should do the same...