“Those who believe that racial preferences can help to 'even the score' display, and reinforce, a manner of thinking about race that was the source of the injustice and that will, if it endures within our society, be the source of more injustice still.”

— Antonin Scalia

On affirmative action: Richmond v. Croson Co. (1989) (concurring).
1980s

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