Affirmative action or reverse discrimination?

By Jennifer J. Foster

If you missed it in Saturday’s print edition of the Opelika-Auburn News, or if you live outside the print delivery area, my most recent column is now available online. Check it out:

High court grapples again with race-based preference policies

If you aren’t familiar with this case, here is CNN’s background on it, including the article from which I quoted in my piece. (Note that there is video available here, too.)

What do you think? Are the “New Haven 20” justified in their claims of reverse discrimination? Or is there merit in the city’s position that no promotions are preferable to racially homogenous promotions?