Brief Amicus Curiae of the Black Women Lawyers of Greater Chicago, Inc. in Support of Respondents in Grutter v. Bollinger, et al.
Legal Brief - February 18, 2003
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- Historical analysis of institutionalized racial discrimination.
- Statistical evidence of the pervasiveness of racial discrimination.
- The experience of black women lawyers in the 20th and 21st centuries--a difference in kind and not just degree.
- Remedying past racial discrimination in higher education is a compelling state interest. This section includes the University of Michigan's discriminatory history and the school desegregation cases that establish the constitutionality of race-conscious remedial measures.
- Race-neutral plans are inherently race-conscious and disadvantage African Americans.
- Beneficiaries of affirmative action are not stigmatized
