U.S. SUPREME COURT: Reverse Discrimination is Still Discrimination

Today in a 5-4 vote the Supreme Court ruled that school districts that use race as a basis for location placement is unconstitutional. Simply put, discrimination is still discrimination and must not be used to "fix" the ills of the world.....



Article published Jun 28, 2007
Supreme Court rules against race quotas

June 28, 2007


ASSOCIATED PRESS - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled today that schools cannot take steps to assure racially mixed student populations, dealing a blow to so-called "affirmative action" programs.

In the 5-4 ruling, the high court ruled in favor of parents who were battling the criteria used to admit students to schools in two cities where whites and blacks live in mostly segregated neighborhoods.

The schools had argued that students should be assigned to different facilities, sometimes far from home, to ensure racial diversity.

"Simply because the school districts may seek a worthy goal doesn't mean that they are free to discriminate on the basis of race to achieve it," Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority decision.