Attorney Arthur Coleman, who wrote briefs in support of University of Michigan’s affirmative action program, argued that the state should intervene with public policy that promotes diversity on behalf of families that can’t escape neighborhoods with poor-quality schools.
“I am averse [to racially segregated schools] for a host of reasons … we still haven’t fulfilled the promise of Brown v. Board of Education and we’re still living the No Child Left Behind Act. So we have a lot of work to do,” Coleman told the commission.
— By Shilpa Banerji
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