Barack Obama’s political success might claim an unintended victim: affirmative action

June 28, 2008 6:33 AM
Posted By:Pam
Filed in: John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Election '08, Eye on the Left, General Politics

Already weakened by several court rulings and state referendums, affirmative action now confronts a challenge to its very reason for existing. If Americans make a black person the leading contender for president, as nationwide polls suggest, how can racial prejudice be so prevalent and potent that it justifies special efforts to place minorities in coveted jobs and schools?



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