The Portland Oregonian has a long opinion piece by associate editor David Reinhard that describes the University of Michigan’s admissions policies as, you guess it, “racism in the pursuit of ‘diversity.'”
An excerpt:
The child of Jesse Jackson or Oprah receives an extra 20 points on an application just for being black. And a poor white kid whose single mom takes the early bus to work receives no such break. There’s something repugnant — unAmerican even — about this. I think it’s called judging people by the color of their skin, not the content of their character.
