Brief of Members of the United States Congress as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents in Gratz v. Bollinger
Legal Brief - February 18, 2003
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- Minority children face continuing inequalities in K-12 education, despite their right to education
- In K-12, education studies confirm that critical disadvantage is race, not economic advantage
- Percentage programs do not help to close gaps
- Diversity is essential to American democracy
- Law is not an abstract concept removed from the society it serves, and it must constantly strive to close the gap between the ideal of equality and the reality of inequality
