fisher university texas austin et argued october decided june university texas austin considers race one various factors undergraduate admissions process university committed increasing racial minority enrollment adopted current program decided grutter bollinger upholding use race one many plus factors admissions program considered overall individual contribution candidate decided gratz bollinger holding unconstitutional admissions program automatically awarded points applicants certain racial minorities petitioner caucasian rejected admission university entering class sued university school officials alleging university consideration race admissions violated equal protection clause district granted summary judgment university affirming fifth circuit held grutter required courts give substantial deference university definition compelling interest diversity benefits deciding whether specific plan narrowly tailored achieve stated goal applying standard upheld university admissions plan held fifth circuit hold university demanding burden strict scrutiny articulated grutter regents univ cal bakke decision affirming district grant summary judgment university incorrect pp bakke gratz grutter directly address question considered taken given purposes deciding case bakke principal opinion justice powell recognized state university decisions based race ethnic origin reviewable fourteenth amendment using strict scrutiny standard identified compelling interest justify consideration race interest educational benefits flow diverse student body noted interest complex encompassing broad array qualifications characteristics racial ethnic origin single though important element gratz grutter endorsed precepts observing admissions process interest subject judicial review must withstand strict scrutiny gratz supra university must clearly demonstrate interest constitutionally permissible substantial use classification necessary accomplishment purpose bakke supra additional guidance may found broader equal protection jurisprudence see rice cayetano richmond croson strict scrutiny searching examination government bears burden prove reasons racial classification clearly identified unquestionably legitimate ibid pp grutter strict scrutiny must applied admissions program using racial categories classifications may give deference university judgment diversity essential educational mission provided diversity defined mere racial balancing reasoned principled explanation academic decision point courts correct finding grutter calls deference university experience expertise educational mission however university established goal diversity consistent strict scrutiny university must prove means chose attain diversity narrowly tailored goal point university receives deference times university obligation demonstrate judiciary obligation determine admissions processes ensure applicant evaluated individual way makes applicant race ethnicity defining feature application narrow tailoring also requires reviewing verify necessary university use race achieve educational benefits diversity bakke supra reviewing must ultimately satisfied workable alternatives produce educational benefits diversity rather perform searching examination fifth circuit held petitioner challenge whether university decision use race admissions factor made good faith presumed school acted good faith gave petitioner burden rebutting presumption thus undertook requirement degree deference school expressions controlling standard odds grutter command racial classifications imposed government analyzed reviewing strict scrutiny strict scrutiny permit accept school assertion admissions process uses race permissible way without closely examining process works practice yet district fifth circuit vacates fifth circuit judgment fairness litigants courts heard case requires remanded admissions process considered judged correct analysis determining whether summary judgment university favor appropriate fifth circuit must assess whether university offered sufficient evidence prove admissions program narrowly tailored obtain educational benefits diversity pp vacated remanded kennedy delivered opinion roberts scalia thomas breyer alito sotomayor joined scalia thomas filed concurring opinions ginsburg filed dissenting opinion kagan took part consideration decision case opinion notice opinion subject formal revision publication preliminary print reports readers requested notify reporter decisions washington typographical formal errors order corrections may made preliminary print goes press abigail noel fisher petitioner university texas austin et al writ certiorari appeals fifth circuit june justice kennedy delivered opinion university texas austin considers race one various factors undergraduate admissions process race assigned numerical value university committed increasing racial minority enrollment campus refers goal critical mass petitioner caucasian sued university application contends university use race admissions process violated equal protection clause fourteenth amendment parties asked review whether judgment consistent interpreting equal protection clause fourteenth amendment including grutter bollinger pet cert concludes appeals hold university demanding burden strict scrutiny articulated grutter regents univ cal bakke opinion powell appeals apply correct standard strict scrutiny decision affirming district grant summary judgment university incorrect decision vacated case remanded proceedings located austin texas renowned campus texas state university system university one leading institutions higher education nation admission prized competitive petitioner sought admission university entering class applicants group admitted accepted enrolled petitioner denied admission recent years university used three different programs evaluate candidates admission first program used years university considered two factors numerical score reflecting applicant test scores academic high school academic index ai applicant race system held unconstitutional appeals fifth circuit ruled university consideration race violated equal protection clause compelling government interest hopwood texas second program adopted comply hopwood decision university stopped considering race admissions substituted instead new holistic metric candidate potential contribution university used conjunction academic index personal achievement index pai measures student leadership work experience awards extracurricular activities community service special circumstances give insight student background included growing home speaking language english home significant family responsibilities assumed applicant general socioeconomic condition student family seeking address decline minority enrollment hopwood university also expanded outreach programs texas state legislature also responded decision enacted measure known top ten percent law codified tex educ code ann west also referred top ten percent law grants automatic admission public state college including university students top class high schools texas comply certain standards university revised admissions process coupled operation top ten percent law resulted racially diverse environment university admissions program issue case last year system consider race entering class hispanic contrast top ten percent regime race explicitly considered university entering freshman class hispanic following decisions grutter bollinger supra gratz bollinger university adopted third admissions program program university reverted explicit consideration race program issue grutter upheld use race one many plus factors admissions program considered overall individual contribution candidate gratz contrast held unconstitutional michigan undergraduate admissions program automatically awarded points applicants certain racial minorities university plan resume admissions given formal expression june document entitled proposal consider race ethnicity admissions proposal supp app proposal relied substantial part study subset undergraduate classes containing students showed classes significant enrollment members racial minorities addition proposal relied called anecdotal reports students regarding interaction classroom proposal concluded university lacked critical mass minority students remedy deficiency necessary give explicit consideration race undergraduate admissions program implement proposal university included student race component pai score beginning applicants fall university asks students classify among five predefined racial categories application race assigned explicit numerical value undisputed race meaningful factor applications scored plotted grid academic index personal achievement index grid students assigned cells based individual scores students cells falling certain line admitted students line college liberal arts engineering admits students separately student considered initially college second choice finally general admission undeclared major petitioner applied admission university entering class rejected sued university various university officials district western district texas alleged university consideration race admissions violated equal protection clause parties summary judgment district granted summary judgment university appeals fifth circuit affirmed held grutter required courts give substantial deference university definition compelling interest diversity benefits deciding whether specific plan narrowly tailored achieve stated goal applying standard upheld university admissions plan dissent seven judges appeals denied petitioner request rehearing en banc see per curiam petitioner sought writ certiorari writ granted among cases involving racial classifications education three decisions directly address question considering racial minority status positive favorable factor university admissions process goal achieving educational benefits diverse student body bakke gratz supra grutter take cases given purposes deciding case begin principal opinion authored justice powell bakke supra bakke considered system used medical school university california davis entering class students school set aside seats minority applicants holding program impermissible equal protection clause justice powell opinion stated certain basic premises first decisions based race ethnic origin faculties administrations state universities reviewable fourteenth separate opinion principle equal protection admits artificial line permits recognition special wards entitled degree protection greater accorded others therefore irrelevant system racial preferences admissions may seem benign racial classification must meet strict scrutiny government decisions touch upon individual race ethnic background entitled judicial determination burden asked bear basis precisely tailored serve compelling governmental interest next justice powell identified one compelling interest justify consideration race interest educational benefits flow diverse student body redressing past discrimination serve compelling interest university broad mission education incompatible making judicial legislative administrative findings constitutional statutory violations necessary justify remedial racial classification attainment diverse student body contrast serves values beyond race alone including enhanced dialogue lessening racial isolation stereotypes academic mission university special concern first amendment part business university provide atmosphere conducive speculation experiment creation turn leads question may admitted study sweezy new hampshire frankfurter concurring judgment justice powell central point however interest securing diversity benefits although permissible objective complex interest simple ethnic diversity specified percentage student body effect guaranteed members selected ethnic groups remaining percentage undifferentiated aggregation students diversity furthers compelling state interest encompasses far broader array qualifications characteristics racial ethnic origin single though important element bakke separate opinion gratz grutter supra endorsed precepts stated justice powell grutter reaffirmed conclusion obtaining educational benefits student body diversity compelling state interest justify use race university admissions gratz grutter observed however follows clear precondition met particular admissions process used objective subject judicial review race may considered unless admissions process withstand strict scrutiny nothing justice powell opinion bakke signaled university may employ whatever means desires achieve stated goal diversity without regard limits imposed strict scrutiny analysis gratz supra narrowly tailored admissions program use quota system grutter instead must remain flexible enough ensure applicant evaluated individual way makes applicant race ethnicity defining feature application strict requires university demonstrate clarity purpose interest constitutionally permissible substantial use classification necessary accomplishment purpose bakke opinion powell internal quotation marks omitted cases specifically address central issue case additional guidance may found broader equal protection jurisprudence applies context distinctions citizens solely ancestry nature odious free people rice cayetano internal quotation marks omitted therefore contrary traditions hence constitutionally suspect bolling sharpe ecause racial characteristics seldom provide relevant basis disparate treatment richmond croson quoting fullilove klutznick stevens dissenting equal protection clause demands racial classifications subjected rigid scrutiny loving virginia implement canons judicial review must begin position official action treats person differently account race ethnic origin inherently suspect fullilove supra stewart dissenting mclaughlin florida strict scrutiny searching examination government bears burden prove reasons racial classification clearly unquestionably legitimate croson supra quoting fullilove supra stevens dissenting ii grutter made clear racial classifications constitutional narrowly tailored compelling governmental interests grutter endorsed justice powell conclusion bakke attainment diverse student body permissible goal institution higher education separate opinion thus grutter strict scrutiny must applied admissions program using racial categories classifications according grutter university educational judgment diversity essential educational mission one defer grutter concluded decision pursue educational benefits flow student body diversity university deems integral mission substantial measure academic judgment complete judicial deference proper grutter course ensure reasoned principled explanation academic decision point district appeals correct finding grutter calls university conclusion experience expertise quoting supp wd tex diverse student body serve educational goals disagreement whether grutter consistent principles equal protection approving compelling interest diversity see post scalia concurring post thomas concurring post ginsburg dissenting parties ask revisit aspect grutter holding university permitted define diversity specified percentage particular group merely race ethnic origin bakke supra opinion powell amount outright racial balancing patently unconstitutional grutter supra racial balancing transformed unconstitutional compelling state interest simply relabeling diversity parents involved community schools seattle school dist university established goal consistent strict scrutiny however must still judicial determination admissions process meets strict scrutiny implementation university must prove means chosen university attain diversity narrowly tailored goal point university receives deference grutter made clear courts university administrators ensure means chosen accomplish government asserted purpose must specifically narrowly framed accomplish purpose internal quotation marks omitted true take account university experience expertise adopting rejecting certain admissions processes said grutter remains times university obligation demonstrate judiciary obligation determine admissions processes ensure applicant evaluated individual way makes applicant race ethnicity defining feature application narrow tailoring also requires reviewing verify necessary university use race achieve educational benefits diversity bakke supra involves careful judicial inquiry whether university achieve sufficient diversity without using racial classifications although arrow tailoring require exhaustion every conceivable alternative strict scrutiny require examine care defer university serious good faith consideration workable alternatives see grutter emphasis added consideration university course necessary sufficient satisfy strict scrutiny reviewing must ultimately satisfied workable alternatives produce benefits diversity nonracial approach promote substantial interest well tolerable administrative expense wygant jackson bd quoting greenawalt judicial scrutiny benign racial preference law school admissions colum rev university may consider race plaintiff course bears burden placing validity university adoption affirmative action plan issue strict scrutiny imposes ultimate burden demonstrating turning racial classifications available workable alternatives suffice rather perform searching examination however appeals held petitioner challenge whether university decision reintroduce race factor admissions made good faith considering challenge presume university acted good faith place petitioner burden rebutting presumption appeals held merits aspect university decision task perform attempt ensure university decision adopt admissions policy followed process good faith consideration appeals thus concluded inquiry like inquiry undertaken degree deference universit efforts university studied serious high purpose appeals held use race admissions program fell within constitutionally protected zone discretion expressions controlling standard odds grutter command racial classifications imposed government analyzed reviewing strict scrutiny quoting adarand constructors peña grutter approved plan issue upon concluding quota sufficiently flexible limited time followed serious good faith consideration workable alternatives noted see supra parties challenge therefore consider correctness determination grutter hold good faith forgive impermissible consideration race must remembered mere recitation legitimate purpose racial classification entitled little weight croson strict scrutiny permit accept school assertion admissions process uses race permissible way without giving close analysis evidence process works practice higher education dynamic change narrow tailoring analysis strict scrutiny applicable contexts analysis level scrutiny applied determine validity racial classification vary simply objective appears acceptable validity importance objective may affect outcome analysis analysis change mississippi univ women hogan district appeals confined strict scrutiny inquiry narrow way deferring university good faith use racial classifications affirming grant summary judgment basis vacates judgment fairness litigants courts heard case requires remanded admissions process considered judged correct analysis see adarand supra unlike grutter decided trial case arises summary judgment case similar cases determining whether summary judgment favor university appropriate appeals must assess whether university offered sufficient evidence prove admissions program narrowly tailored obtain educational benefits diversity whether record simple assurances good intention croson supra sufficient question appeals first instance strict scrutiny must theory fatal fact adarand supra see also grutter supra opposite also true strict scrutiny must strict theory feeble fact order judicial review meaningful university must make showing plan narrowly tailored achieve interest approved context benefits student body diversity encompasses broa array qualifications characteristics racial ethnic origin single though important element bakke opinion powell judgment appeals vacated case remanded proceedings consistent opinion ordered justice kagan took part consideration decision case scalia concurring abigail noel fisher petitioner university texas austin et al writ certiorari appeals fifth circuit june justice scalia concurring adhere view expressed grutter bollinger constitution proscribes government discrimination basis race education exception opinion concurring part dissenting part petitioner case ask us overrule grutter holding compelling interest educational benefits diversity justify racial preferences university admissions tr oral arg therefore join opinion full thomas concurring abigail noel fisher petitioner university texas austin et al writ certiorari appeals fifth circuit june justice thomas concurring join opinion agree appeals apply strict scrutiny university texas austin university use racial discrimination admissions decisions ante write separately explain overrule grutter bollinger hold state use race higher education admissions decisions categorically prohibited equal protection clause fourteenth amendment provides state shall deny person equal protection laws equal protection clause guarantees every person right treated equally state without regard race heart guarantee lies principle government must treat citizens individuals members racial ethnic religious groups missouri jenkins thomas concurring reason must subject racial classifications strictest scrutiny strict scrutiny racial classifications categorically prohibited unless compelling governmental narrowly tailored end johnson california quoting grutter supra exacting standard proven automatically fatal almost every case jenkins supra thomas concurring rightly purchased price immeasurable human suffering equal protection principle reflects nation understanding racial classifications ultimately destructive impact individual society adarand constructors peña thomas concurring part concurring judgment constitution abhors classifications based race every time government places citizens racial registers makes race relevant provision burdens benefits demeans us grutter supra thomas concurring part dissenting part first articulated standard korematsu held ressing public necessity may sometimes justify existence racial discrimination racial antagonism never aside grutter recognized two instances ressing public necessity may justify racial discrimination government first korematsu recognized protecting national security may satisfy exacting standard case upheld evacuation order directed persons japanese ancestry grounds nation war japan order definite close relationship prevention espionage sabotage second recognized government compelling interest remedying past discrimination responsible stressed government wishing use race must provide basis evidence conclusion remedial action necessary richmond croson quoting wygant jackson bd plurality opinion contrast compelling interests may narrow set circumstances justify racial discrimination frequently found asserted interests insufficient example palmore sidoti flatly rejected claim best interests child justified government racial discrimination case state awarded custody child father mother marriage state believed child might stigmatized living household sought avoid perceived problem custody determination acknowledged possibility stigma nevertheless concluded reality private biases possible injury might inflict justify racial discrimination explained constitution control prejudices neither tolerate private biases may outside reach law law directly indirectly give effect ibid two years later wygant supra held even asserted interests remedying societal discrimination providing role models minority students justify governmentally imposed racial discrimination case agreement school board teacher union favored teachers american indian oriental spanish descendancy plurality opinion rejected interest remedying societal discrimination logical stopping point similarly rebuffed inadequate interest providing role models minority students added notion black students better black teachers lead system rejected brown board education ibid grutter radical departure precedents grutter university michigan law school law school claimed compelling reason discriminate based race reason advanced concern protecting national security remedying past discrimination instead law school argued needed discriminate admissions decisions order obtain educational benefits flow diverse student body contrary meaning strict scrutiny deferred law school determination interest sufficiently compelling justify racial discrimination dissented part decision explained measures state must take provide bulwark anarchy prevent violence constitute public sufficient satisfy strict scrutiny cf lee washington black concurring protecting prisoners violence might justify narrowly tailored discrimination croson supra scalia concurring judgment least state local action issue social emergency rising level imminent danger life limb justify racial discrimination adhere view today obvious nothing pressing necessary obtaining whatever educational benefits may flow racial diversity ii university claims district found compelling interest attaining diverse student body educational benefits flowing diversity brief respondents use conjunction implies university believes discrimination furthers two distinct interests first interest attaining diversity sake second interest attaining educational benefits allegedly flow diversity attaining diversity sake nonstarter even grutter recognized pursuit diversity end nothing impermissible racial balancing law school interest simply assure within student body specified percentage particular group merely race ethnic origin amount outright racial balancing patently unconstitutional quoting regents univ cal bakke citation omitted see also preferring members one group reason race ethnic origin discrimination sake constitution forbids rather diversity means university obtains educational benefits end pursued sake therefore educational benefits allegedly produced diversity must rise level compelling state interest order program survive strict scrutiny unfortunately university educational benefits flowing student body diversity assuming exist hardly qualify compelling state interest indeed argument educational benefits justify racial discrimination advanced support racial segregation emphatically rejected alleged educational benefits segregation insufficient justify racial discrimination see brown board education alleged educational benefits diversity justify racial discrimination today desegregation cases establish constitution prohibits public schools discriminating based race even discrimination necessary schools survival davis school bd prince edward decided brown supra school board argued found segregation unconstitutional white students migrate private schools funding public schools decrease public schools either decline quality cease exist altogether brief appellees davis school bd prince edward hereinafter brief appellees davis virginians longer permit sizeable appropriations schools either state local level private segregated schools greatly increased number masses people white negro suffer terribly white parents withdraw children public schools result program providing better schools abandoned internal quotation marks omitted true victims desegregation school board asserted black students unable afford private school see ith demise segregation education virginia receive serious setback suffer negroes large economically less able afford private school tr oral arg davis school bd prince edward worst opinion impair public school system virginia victims children races think negro race worse white race negro race needs virtue disadvantages labored proposition negro profit procures immediate detailed decree impairs mars destroys public school system prince edward county unmoved argument held segregation violates principle equality enshrined fourteenth amendment see brown supra field public education doctrine equal place separate educational facilities inherently unequal see also allen school bd prince edward per curiam fact schools might closed order enforced reason enforcing person may denied enforcement rights entitled constitution action taken threatened defiance rights within matter years warning became reality ordered desegregate prince edward county closed public schools summer fall see sarratt ordeal desegregation despite fact never backed rigid enforcement equal protection clause antidiscrimination principle case course texas alleged university close prohibited discriminating based race even foregoing cases make clear even consequence justify use racial discrimination follows fortiori putative educational benefits student body diversity justify racial discrimination state compelling interest existence university certainly compelling interest supposed benefits might accrue university racial discrimination see grutter opinion thomas marginal improvement legal education justify racial discrimination law school compelling interest either existence current educational admissions policies actually applying strict scrutiny require texas either close university stop discriminating applicants based race put schools choice reason treat university differently also noteworthy desegregation cases rejected arguments virtually identical advanced university today university asserts instance diversity obtained discriminatory admissions program prepares students become leaders diverse society see brief respondents arguing student body diversity prepares students become next generation leaders increasingly diverse society segregationists likewise defended segregation ground provided leadership opportunities blacks see brief respondents sweatt large group northern negroes comes south attend separate colleges suggesting negro secure college life mixed college separate college offers positive advantages normal social life negro separate college greater opportunity full participation development leadership negro inwardly college people brief appellees davis negro child gets opportunity participate segregated schools never seen accorded schools important holds offices accepted fellows athletic teams full place internal quotation marks omitted argument unavailing irrelevant fourteenth amendment whether segregated mixed schools produce better leaders indeed today accept suggestion segregation permissible historically black colleges produced booker washington thurgood marshall martin luther king prominent leaders likewise university racial discrimination justified ground produce better leaders university also asserts student body diversity improves interracial relations see brief respondents arguing student body diversity promotes understanding breaks racial ethnic stereotypes argument university repeats arguments marshaled support segregation see brief appellees davis virginia established segregation certain fields part public policy prevent violence reduce resentment result view overwhelming virginia majority improve relationship different races segregation stricken general welfare definitely harmed friction developed internal quotation marks omitted brief respondents sweatt texas serious breaches peace recent years connection schools separation races kept conflicts minimum legislative acts based belief best way provide education races knowledge separate schools necessary keep public support public schools upon necessity maintain public peace harmony welfare brief appellees briggs southern negro large want end segregation southern white man negro south knows discriminations worse multiply event internal quotation marks omitted flatly rejected line arguments mclaurin oklahoma state regents higher held segregation unconstitutional even white students never tolerated blacks may argued appellant better position restrictions removed may still set apart fellow students think irrelevant vast difference constitutional difference restrictions imposed state prohibit intellectual commingling students refusal individuals commingle state presents bar thus entirely irrelevant whether university racial discrimination increases decreases tolerance finally university admits racial discrimination admissions ideal asserts temporary necessity enduring race consciousness society see brief respondents certainly aspire colorblind society race matter texas america highest aspirations yet yet university echoes hollow justifications advanced segregationists see brief state kansas reargument brown board education grant segregation may ethical political ideal time recognize practical considerations may prevent realization ideal brief respondents sweatt racial consciousness feeling exists today minds many people may regrettable unjustified yet reality must dealt state preserve harmony peace time furnish equal education groups mores racial relationships rule present least possibility admitting white persons negroes brief appellees briggs unwise administrative practice mix two races schools present time present conditions brief appellees reargument briggs elliott cognizant fact mankind struggled race problems racial tensions upwards sixty centuries arguments unavailing fourteenth amendment views racial bigotry evil stamped excuse perpetual racial tinkering state see defunis odegaard douglas dissenting equal protection clause commands elimination racial barriers creation order satisfy theory society organized university arguments effect similarly insufficient justify university arguments today persuasive years ago nevertheless despite rejecting identical arguments brown grutter deferred university determination diversity obtained racial discrimination yield educational benefits principled distinction university assertion diversity yields educational benefits segregationists assertion segregation yielded benefits see grutter opinion thomas contained within today majority opinion seed new constitutional justification concept thought long rightly rejected racial segregation educational benefits far cry truly compelling state interests previously required justify use racial classifications view constitution one advanced plaintiffs brown state authority clause fourteenth amendment use race factor affording educational opportunities among citizens tr oral arg brown board education see also juris statement davis school bd prince edward take unqualified position fourteenth amendment totally stripped state power make race color basis governmental action brief appellants brown board education fourteenth amendment precludes state imposing distinctions classifications based upon race color alone brief appellants nos respondents reargument brown board education constitution color blind dedicated belief constitution pander faddish theories whether race mixing public interest equal protection clause strips authority use race factor providing education applicants must treated equally law benefit eye beholder justify racial discrimination principle neither new difficult understand decades plessy iowa held schools may discriminate applicants based skin color clark board directors iowa school denied admission student black public sentiment opposed intermingling white colored children schools iowa rejected flimsy justification holding youths equal law discretion vested board elsewhere interfere disturb equality courts sustain board school directors limiting rights privileges persons reason race sanction plain violation spirit laws tend perpetuate national differences people stimulate constant strife war races simple yet fundamental truth lost plessy grutter overrule grutter hold university admissions program violates equal protection clause university put forward compelling interest possibly justify racial discrimination iii find theory advanced university justify racial discrimination facially inadequate also believe use race little alleged educational benefits diversity suspect university program instead based benighted notion possible tell discrimination helps rather hurts racial minorities see post ginsburg dissenting overnment actors including state universities need blind lingering effects overtly discriminatory past legacy istory teach greater humility metro broadcasting fcc dissenting worst forms racial discrimination nation always accompanied representations discrimination helped minorities slaveholders argued slavery positive good civilized blacks elevated every dimension life see calhoun speech senate finkelman defending slavery never black race central africa dawn history present day attained condition civilized improved physically morally intellectually relation existing slaveholding two races instead evil good positive good harper memoir slavery ideology slavery faust ed slavery said eloquent article published southern periodical work done elevate degraded race scale humanity tame savage civilize barbarous soften ferocious enlighten ignorant spread blessings hristianity among heathen missionaries philanthropy religion ever sent hammond mudsill speech defending slavery supra elevated condition god first created made slaves century later segregationists similarly asserted segregation benign good black students argued example separate schools protected black children racist white students teachers see brief appellees briggs repeatedly seen wise loving colored parents take infinite pains force little children schools white children white teachers white parents despised resented dark child made mock neglected bullied literally rendered life living hell parents want child fight thing dear god cost shall get finer better balance spirit infinitely capable rounded personality putting children schools wanted happy inspired thrusting hells ridiculed quoting dubois negro need separate schools negro educ tr oral arg bolling sharpe behind cts kindly feeling intention help people bondage still intention congress see children shall educated healthful atmosphere wholesome atmosphere place wanted place looked upon hostility place receptive atmosphere learning races without hostility undoubtedly congress thought might creep situations even appealed fact many blacks agreed separate schools best interests races see brief appellees davis experience working people virginia including white negro customs habits traditions virginia citizens believe best interests white negro separate school following inauspicious footsteps university us believe discrimination likewise benign think lesson history clear enough racial discrimination never enign carries independent meaning reflects acceptance current generation conclusion politically acceptable burden imposed particular citizens basis race reasonable see metro broadcasting dissenting reason repeatedly held strict scrutiny applies racial classifications regardless whether government benevolent motives see johnson insisted strict scrutiny every context even racial classifications adarand racial classifications imposed whatever federal state local governmental actor must analyzed reviewing strict scrutiny croson racial classifications suspect means simple legislative assurances good intention suffice university professed good intentions excuse outright racial discrimination intentions justified denounced arguments slaveholders segregationists constitutional purposes matter whether university racial discrimination benign note racial engineering fact insidious consequences doubt university discrimination injures white asian applicants denied admission race believe injury admitted university discriminatory admissions program even harmful blacks hispanics admitted university result racial discrimination average far less prepared white asian classmates university entering class example among students admitted outside top ten percent plan blacks scored percentile sat takers nationwide asians scored percentile brief richard sander et al amici curiae blacks mean gpa mean sat score hispanics mean gpa mean sat score whites mean gpa mean sat score asians mean gpa mean sat score ibid tellingly neither university amici briefs support racial discrimination presented shred evidence black hispanic students able close substantial gap time university cf thernstrom thernstrom reflections shape river ucla rev discussing failure defenders racial discrimination admissions consider fact beneficiaries underperforming classroom fact virtually selective schools racial preferences admission practiced majority black students end lower quarter class cole barber increasing faculty diversity occupational choices minority students reason believe case university university dozens amici deafeningly silent point furthermore university discrimination nothing increase number blacks hispanics access college education generally instead university discrimination pervasive shifting effect see sowell affirmative action around world university admits minorities otherwise attended less selective colleges evenly matched result mismatching many blacks hispanics likely excelled less elite schools placed position underperformance inevitable less academically prepared white asian students must compete setting aside damage wreaked upon overmatched students evidence learn university learned schools better prepared indeed may learn less appeals believed university needed enroll blacks hispanics remained clustered certain programs early quarter undergraduate students university college social work hispanic black college education students hispanic black racial discrimination may cause solution clustering evidence students admitted result racial discrimination likely abandon initial aspirations become scientists engineers students similar qualifications attend less selective schools see elliott strenta adair matier scott role ethnicity choosing leaving science highly selective institutions research higher educ students may well drift towards less competitive majors mismatch caused racial discrimination admissions makes difficult compete rigorous majors moreover university discrimination stamp blacks hispanics badge inferiority adarand opinion thomas taints accomplishments admitted result racial discrimination cf mcwhorter losing race black america never able proud getting stanford classmates ow much achievement truly say good enough black person admitted colleagues considered good enough people admitted taints accomplishments race admitted result racial discrimination case example blacks hispanics attending university admitted without discrimination top ten percent plan one distinguish students ones whose race played role admission blacks hispanics take positions highest places government industry academia open question whether skin color played part advancement see grutter opinion thomas question stigma either racial discrimination play role case person may deemed unqualified case asking question unfairly marks succeed without discrimination ibid although cloaked good intentions university racial tinkering harms people claims helping foregoing reasons overrule grutter however correctly concludes appeals apply strict scrutiny join opinion ginsburg dissenting abigail noel fisher petitioner university texas austin et al writ certiorari appeals fifth circuit june justice ginsburg dissenting university texas austin university candid endeavoring seeks achieve diversity admissions policy patterned harvard plan referenced exemplary justice powell opinion regents univ cal bakke university steered clear quota system like one struck bakke excluded nonminority candidates competition fixed number seats see opinion powell see also gratz bollinger souter dissenting justice powell opinion bakke rules racial quota race sole fact eligibility certain places like many educational institutions across university taken care follow model approved grutter bollinger see supp wd tex parties agree university policy based admissions policy upheld grutter petitioner urges texas top ten percent law holistic review application achieve significant diversity university must content alternatives said reiterate ostrich regard supposedly neutral alternatives race unconscious see gratz dissenting opinion justice souter observed vaunted alternatives suffer disadvantage deliberate obfuscation dissenting opinion texas percentage plan adopted racially segregated neighborhoods schools front center stage see house research organization bill analysis hb pp apr many regions state school districts high schools texas still predominantly composed people single racial ethnic group persistence segregation admitting top percent high schools provide diverse population ensure large well qualified pool minority students admitted texas race consciousness blindness race drives holistic review universities explicitly include race factor many may resort camouflage maintain minority enrollment gratz ginsburg dissenting several times explained government actors including state universities need blind lingering effects overtly discriminatory past legacy centuries inequality dissenting opinion see also adarand constructors peña dissenting opinion among constitutionally permissible options remain convinced candidly disclose consideration race preferable conceal gratz dissenting opinion accordingly return case second look thorough opinions show supp university admissions policy flexibly considers race factor factor factor factor calculus followed yearlong review university reached reasonable judgment supposedly initiatives insufficient achieve appropriate measure educational benefits diversity see subject periodic review ensure consideration race remains necessary proper achieve university educational objectives see justice powell opinion bakke decision grutter require determinations see grutter bakke rightly declines cast equal protection framework settled grutter see ante yet stops short reaching conclusion framework warrants instead vacates appeals judgment remands appeals assess whether university offered sufficient evidence prove admissions program narrowly tailored obtain educational benefits diversity ante see appeals already completed inquiry judgment trained bakke grutter pathmarkers merits reasons stated affirm judgment appeals footnotes standard pressing public necessity frequently called compelling governmental interest use terms interchangeably similar arguments advanced unsuccessfully cases well see brief respondents sweatt painter pp hereinafter brief respondents sweatt power separate students terminated bonanza private white schools state mean migration schools turning away public schools influence support large number children parents children largest contributors cause public education whose financial support necessary continued progress public education state required mix public schools question large group students transfer moved parents private schools resultant deterioration public schools internal quotation marks omitted brief appellees briggs elliott hereinafter brief appellees briggs impossible sufficient acceptance idea mixed groups attending schools public education basis eliminate public schools communities state arguments advanced university defense discrimination advanced segregationists one obvious difference segregationists argued segregation necessary obtain alleged benefits whereas university argues diversity key today segregationists arguments never given serious consideration see plocienniczak pennsylvania school experiments cnn http us visited june available clerk case file equally hostile university repackaged version arguments support favored form racial discrimination lowest possible score sat highest possible score success historically black colleges producing graduates go earn graduate degrees science engineering well documented see national science foundation burrelli rapoport infobrief role hbcus institutions black doctorate recipients table showing howard university black students went earn science engineering doctorates undergraduate institution historically black colleges ranked top american association medical colleges diversity medical education facts figures table showing xavier university black students went earn medical degrees undergraduate institution howard university second footnotes see brief amherst college et al amici curiae brief association american law schools amicus curiae brief association american medical colleges et al amici curiae brief brown university et al amici curiae brief robert post et al amici curiae brief fordham university et al amici curiae brief university delaware et al amici curiae notion texas top ten percent law race neutral calls mind professor thomas reed powell famous statement think think thing inextricably attached something else without thinking thing attached legal mind arnold symbols government internal quotation marks omitted kind legal mind conclude admissions plan specifically designed produce racial diversity race conscious said grutter bollinger arrow tailoring require serious good faith consideration workable alternatives achieve diversity university seeks grutter also explained require university choose maintaining reputation excellence fulfilling commitment provide educational opportunities members racial groups ibid read say otherwise see ante acknowledging determining whether admissions policy satisfies grutter requirement take account university experience expertise adopting rejecting certain admissions processes university admissions policy view constitutional grutter need case revisit whether governmental classifications race whether designed benefit burden historically disadvantaged group subject standard judicial review ginsburg concurring see also gratz bollinger ginsburg dissenting actions designed burden groups long denied full citizenship stature sensibly ranked measures taken hasten day entrenched discrimination aftereffects extirpated