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发帖数: 3599 | 1 众多网友一针见血地指出， 种族偏好（racial preference） 本身就构成公平竞争
和平等的最大的歧视， 大家看这个新闻的800多个跟帖评论， 无不在痛骂奥巴马主席
做总统做到这个地位， 也勘称民主国家的奇葩了， 本自干五对民主美国的好感， 真
是被奥观海拉下来不少， 当然人家也不care了， 哈哈
标题： Obama: U-M, other schools should be able to use racial preference as
'shield against discrimination'
http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2014/10/obama_sch
In 2003, following a Supreme Court ruling, the University of Michigan put an
end to its point-based undergraduate admission system that automatically
gave underrepresented minority students points based on their race.
It's a decision that's been upheld in courts despite protests from both
national and local civil rights groups.
In an interview with The New Yorker that was posted on its website Monday,
President Barack Obama said that he believes the Constitution permits the
use of racial preferences, though only within carefully defined limits. He
specifically mentioned U-M in making a point about the use of race during
the admittance process.
The practice of considering race should be allowed "If the University of
Michigan or California decides that there is a value in making sure that
folks with different experiences in a classroom will enhance the educational
experience of the students, and they do it in a careful way," Obama told
The New Yorker.
He continued: "Most of the time the law's principle job should be as a
shield against discrimination, as opposed to a sword to advance a social
agenda, because the law is a blunt instrument in these situations."
The Supreme Court ruled in 2003 that while Michigan universities could use
race as a factor in choosing which students to admit, they could not make
race the determining factor in deciding whether applicants are accepted.
"It's legitimate to say that when the government takes race into account it
should be subject to some oversight by the courts," he told the magazine.
Obama went on to say that he thinks the biggest issues concerning race are "
rooted in economics and the legacy of slavery," and that those issues are to
blame for the "vastly different" opportunities available for African-
Americans and whites.
"I understand, certainly sitting in this office, that probably the single
most important thing I could do for poor black kids is to make sure that
they're getting a good K-through-12 education," he said.
"And, if they're coming out of high school well prepared, then they'll be
able to compete for university slots and jobs. And that has more to do with
budgets and early-childhood education and stuff that needs to be legislated.
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