Cynical ploy to discriminate

Affirmative action is back in the news due to Fisher v. University of Texas. Our educational system has been biased in favor of middle-class white male Protestants since its inception, particularly in male-dominated fields such as law.

The Roman Catholics set up their educational system to bypass religious bias. Women’s colleges were created to avoid sex discrimination, and black colleges were begun due to racism. Unfortunately, law schools are still largely white and male, so law schools are considering race as an admissions factor.

As grading is subjective, women and minorities are often given lower grades than they deserve in white male-dominated fields. So, if admissions are based on grades only, few women or minorities will get in.

This is why the conservatives are backing Fisher v. UT, pitting one discriminated group against another in the hope that both will lose.

I hope the conservatives lose.

Judith Jones

Spokane