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...Affirmative action was never a very elegant solution to the problem of racial injustice. In fact, Gewirtz-who clerked for the civil rights legend Justice Thurgood Marshall-remembers that Marshall was opposed to making distinctions by race, and had his doubts about racial preferences. But Marshall overcame his doubts, and affirmative action became part of the fabric of American society. On the plus side, a generation of minority and women college graduates has entered the workforce, creating a significant black middle class and a more integrated society. But the price has been resentment, especially in the white working class...
...over the legality of school-integration plans in Louisville, Ky., and Seattle. "And it seems to me that that should only be, if ever allowed, allowed as a last resort." Kennedy is the court's probable swing vote on this issue, and he has a clear track record on racial preferences: he doesn't like them. "It appears Kennedy is going to stick with his long-held position that affirmative action is unconstitutional," says Paul Gewirtz of Yale Law School. If so, the Roberts court is embarked upon a gradual, but ineluctable, rollback of all racial preferences. As Gewirtz puts...
...Even the most passionate advocates of affirmative action agree that it's a temporary fix, that writing racial distinctions into law is corrosive and illogical in a society that presumes racial equality. Even the most passionate conservative advocates of "color blindness" know that race prejudice still exists and needs to be rectified. So what do we do now? Here are three possible ways to ensure diversity and repair injustice...
...most important chapters in the book is “Covenant IV: Fostering Accountable Community-Centered Policing.” It contains facts about racial profiling (over 10 percent of black drivers were searched or had their vehicle searched during a traffic stop in 2002, compared to 3.5 percent of white drivers, according to a survey by the Bureau of Justice Statistics) and police brutality (about 84 percent of the over 4000 acts of police violence against African Americans in 2001 were committed by white officers, according to a study by the International Association of Chiefs of Police...
...concrete steps that citizens and elected officials can take to decrease tensions between the police and the communities they serve. For example, it recommends that individuals get to know the officers who patrol their neighborhoods and that police forces “adequately train all officers in cultural sensitivity, racial profiling, and excessive force policies.” “The Covenant” is so valuable because it is filled with these kinds of practical strategies...