There are income distribution implications for this affirmative discrimination, the new apartheid in college and professional school admissions. Why should taxpayers of color pay for state educational institutions that discriminate against their youngsters? This is an income transfer program of the worst kind. The data suggests that African American and Latino communities are medically under-served, yet African American and Latino taxpayers must subsidize the medical education for those who would not serve their communities! The tax and income distributions implications of affirmative discrimination have not been fully explored - but they must be.
When proponents of the inappropriately described "California Civil Rights Initiative" who have now formed the "American Civil Rights Institute" defend the new apartheid, they are showing their true biases, and their "preference" (one of their favorite words) for affirmative discrimination.
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