Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 13, 2009, during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Pool, George Bridges)
Does race matter? Is discrimination an issue? On April 22, 2014, in a 6-2 decision the Supreme Court ruled, it isn’t. It isn’t perhaps for those who have never experienced what occurs daily. In every second of the day we have opportunities to see what is beyond our vision. Let us open our eyes and also listen. We thank Justice Sotomayor for her recitation of the dissenting opinion.
Race matters. Race matters in part because of the long history of racial minorities’ being denied access to the political process.
Race also matters because of persistent racial inequality in society—inequality that cannot be ignored and that has produced stark socioeconomic disparities.
And race matters for reasons that really are only skin deep, that cannot be discussed any other way, and that cannot be wished away. Race matters to a young man’s view of society when he spends his teenage years watching others tense up as he passes, no matter the neighborhood where he grew up. Race matters to a young woman’s sense of self when she states her hometown, and then is pressed, “No, where are you really from?” regardless of how many generations her family has been in the country. Race matters to a young person addressed by a stranger in a foreign language, which he does not understand because only English was spoken at home. Race matters because of the slights, the snickers, the silent judgments that reinforce that most crippling of thoughts: “I do not belong here.”

Supreme Court Upholds Michigan’s Ban On Affirmative Action /title]By Scott Neumann | Originally Published at National Public Radio [NPR] April 22, 2014
The Supreme Court ruled that a Michigan ballot initiative to ban racial preferences in college admissions is constitutional, overturning a lower court decision.
In a 6-2 decision Tuesday, the justices said the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals was wrong to set aside the empathyeducates – Supreme Court Upholds Ban On Affirmative Action:

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