Debating Affirmative Action
Back in our February issue, I briefly summarized the controversial findings of a study by UCLA law prof Richard Sander, who argues that racial preferences in university admissions may, perversely, actually have harmed black law students. The paper garnered a torrent of criticism, so in addition to some more technical rejoinders in the works for various law journals, Sander will be guest blogging at Volokh Conspiracy with a series of posts elaborating on his thesis.
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Can Spielberg's MAUS film and the Cerebus maxi-series be far behind?
Kidding aside, this is probably a good thing. Remember I, Robot?
Did you intend to post that in the Watchmen thread?