Action Quote by Norah Vincent

“Also mostly lost in the turmoil over whether minority admissions violate traditional standards of merit is the impressive evidence that grades and test scores…

— Derrick Bell

I was critical of race-based affirmative action early on in my career and I've changed my mind. And I've publicly acknowledged that I was…

— Alan Dershowitz

[On affirmative action:] Universities give a boost in admissions for other factors besides race, factors that bring no social benefit, such as athletic ability,…

— Barbara Bergmann

That is one of the reasons I oppose this whole Affirmative Action business. We are not supposed to be judged based on what our…

— Alan Keyes

“The Supreme Court decision upholding affirmative action is incoherent, disingenuous, intellectually muddled and morally confused. Yet it is welcome.”

— Charles Krauthammer

It scares me to death if Affirmative Action goes away.

— Judith Love Cohen

I agree with the (Supreme Court's) holding that racial discrimination in higher education admissions will be illegal in 25 years. They are illegal now.

— Clarence Thomas

The important thing to understand about eliminating racial preferences in college admissions is that doing so does not lower the number of minority college…

— Heather Mac Donald

Legacies, athletes, and favored racial minorities all receive preferential treatment from admissions committees to the exclusion of academically better-qualified students.

— Michael J. Knowles

If you're going to compare a middle-income black kid with a middle- income white kid, and, say, you control for family background, family education,…

— William Julius Wilson

Applicant are just as important as race in determining college admissions…

— Auren Hoffman

Until affirmative action is described and understood as one mechanism by which to make amends for historical wrongdoing against members of marginalized communities, it…

— Clint Smith