The Affirmative Action FRAUD The Affirmative Action FRAUD Can We Restore the American Civil Rights Vision? Clint Bolick INSTITUTE Washington, D.C. Copyright © 1996 by the Cato Institute. All rights reserved. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publica ion Data Bolick, Clint. The affirmative action fraud : can we restore the American civil rights vision? / Clint Bolick. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-882577-27-2. — ISBN 1-882577-28-0 (pbk.) 1. Civil rights—United States. 2. Affirmative action programs— United States. I. Title JC599.U5B556 1996 323'.0973—dc2O 95-48393 CIP Cover Design by Mark Fondersmith. Printed in the United States of America. CATO INSTITUTE 1000 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 To Chip Melior Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix INTRODUCTION 1 1 CIVIL RIGHTS CONUNDRUM 11 2 FIRST PRINCIPLES 23 3 THE REVISED AGENDA 39 4 TRICKLE-DOWN CIVIL RIGHTS 51 5 EDUCATION: SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL 69 6 POLITICAL APARTHEID 83 7 BEAN-COUNTERS AND QUOTA GAMES: THE CLINTON CIVIL RIGHTS RECORD 97 8 THE REPUBLICAN ABDICATION 111 9 COMMON GROUND 121 10 EMPOWERMENT 133 INDEX 163
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