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Abstract
The ballots have barely been counted, but litigation to enjoin implementation of the now-codified Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (“MCRI”) or at least limit its effect on admissions practices in Michigan’s universities is already underway. One of the primary arguments against the MCRI—and the basis upon which some plaintiff professors assert standing—is that students will suffer an impaired education if current admissions practices are discarded. Assuming that the MCRI survives these legal challenges, educators should be consoled somewhat to know the MCRI may still offer some pedagogy as compensation: litigation will likely be brought to enforce its provisions, and that litigation is likely to fail, but not without some whites still learning a bit about what race means in America today.
Recommended Citation
Adam Gitlin,
What the MCRI Can Teach White Litigants about White Dominance,
105
Mich. L. Rev. First Impressions
134
(2006).
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