Professor Richard Sander on Affirmative Action

September 18, 2005 - Professor Richard Sander was mentioned in several papers including: the Canton Observer, Farmington Observer, Troy Eccentric, Garden City Observer, and Redford Observer on his argument against affirmative action.

The following is an expcerpt that appears in the papers mentioned above:

Even as universities in California and Florida report troubling declines in the number of African American, Latino and Native American students, Richard Sander is attracting publicity with the argument that it is African Americans themselves - not whites - who are harmed by racially conscious admissions policies.

Sander asserts that affirmative action leads to African Americans attending law schools where they cannot compete. According to him, they either flunk out or drop out. Those who graduate aren't likely to pass the bar. He concludes that "a race-blind system" will produce more black lawyers - a goal he says he shares.