Brief Amicus Curiae of the Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago, Inc., in Support of Respondents in Gratz v. Bollinger, et al.
Legal Brief - February 18, 2003
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- Race must remain a factor in higher education admissions process as long as race remains a factor in America
- Race-conscious programs are acceptable remedial measures for prior discrimination
- Examples from black female lawyers concerning the discrimination that they encounter
- Race-neutral plans are inherently race-conscious and disadvantage African-Americans
- Students that benefit by race-conscious measures are not stigmatized by such measures