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Article: DON'T TOLL THE BELL FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION YET.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- February 21, 1995
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Byline: BONNIE ERBE Scripps Howard
What is the next great political squabble in America, you ask? Look straight in the direction of affirmative action for your answer.
Republicans in Congress are making serious noises about ``scrutinizing'' affirmative action (reading between the not-so-subtle lines, that means they want to obliterate it).
Two conservative college professors in California are pledging to put it on the ballot as one of that state's now-famous propositions (as in 13 and 187.) And it's fair to say that as California goes, so goes the nation, in terms of legal trends.
But before we scuttle a program that has cost most ...