Appeals Court to Consider Use of Race in UT’s Admissions Policies

by Joyce Jones , August 3, 2010

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U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), who sits on the House Judiciary Committee, says the University of Texas system has an obligation to educate all of its constituents, including the taxpaying Hispanics and African Americans who historically were precluded from going to that institution.

“With affirmative action you can fix that, otherwise we’ll have to get rid of all racially discriminatory measurements,” he said, such as the SAT example.

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