The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, which bans race and gender considerations for college admissions and government hiring and contracting, has been struck down by an appeals court, meaning merit continues to take a back seat to artificial equality.

Oddly, the court says not discriminating violates the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause.    Supporters of racial and gender quotas would rather not have universities picking their own students based on merit, saying the drop in minority enrollment since the law passed is due to...what?   Before the implementation of equal rights for all students in 2006, the University of Michigan had 12.6 percent minorities - except Indians and Chinese people do not count as minorities even though they are the most minority of all - but that remaining special minority enrollment is down to 9.1%, a sign that...what again?  Progressive academia is prejudiced?    Hard to believe anyone is making that case from a common sense point of view.

We all want to believe science is a remaining bastion where excellence matters more than politics but, given the lack of political diversity in academia, which means few people will resist anything that sounds like equality even if it isn't, it's hard to imagine science won't suffer if being the right gender or color trumps doing the best work.

State to fight ruling against ban on race in college admissions - Jennifer Chambers, Robert Snell and Oralandar Brand-Williams from The Detroit News