Educators, Activists Criticize Bush’s Position on Affirmative Action
By Charles Dervarics
Political fallout continues from the Bush administration’s recent stance on the University of Michigan affirmative action case, as groups representing African Americans and Hispanics strongly criticized the White House decision to oppose the university’s policy.
The president “has decided that equalizing the field of opportunity for women and people of color is no longer a priority,” says Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. At a time when Americans were honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the White House “busied itself with attempts to dismantle equal access to higher education,” she says.
