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Duke Law

Race discrimination

2004

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Business As Usual? Brown And The Continuing Conundrum Of Race In America, Robert S. Chang, Jerome M. Culp Jr. Jan 2004

Business As Usual? Brown And The Continuing Conundrum Of Race In America, Robert S. Chang, Jerome M. Culp Jr.

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Affirmative Action And Colorblindness From The Original Position, Guy-Uriel Charles Jan 2004

Affirmative Action And Colorblindness From The Original Position, Guy-Uriel Charles

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In this Article, the author explores Grutter v. Bollinger from the vantage point of the colorblindness principle. He posits that the Grutter decision is noteworthy for two reasons. First, the Court rejected the argument that the Constitution is colorblind and that the classifications based on race are per se unconstitutional. Second, the Court explicitly recognized that racial categorizations are not all morally equivalent. The author uses classical liberalism as a heuristic for exploring whether the colorblindness argument is necessarily a moral imperative. He ultimately concludes that the Court adopted the correct approach in Grutter in rejecting the allure of the …


In Defense Of Deference, Guy-Uriel Charles, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer Jan 2004

In Defense Of Deference, Guy-Uriel Charles, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer

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