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Frank Riggs: “The ruling effectively ended racial preferences in admissions to the University of Texas. So, what do university leaders…”

On the recordMay 6, 1998
The ruling effectively ended racial preferences in admissions to the University of Texas. So, what do university leaders do now, according to two articles, the San Antonio Express News and another Texas newspaper furnished to me by our colleague, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Lamar Smith). I quote from the San Antonio newspaper: Attorney General Dan Morales spurned a plea Tuesday of last week by State university leaders to fight to restore affirmative action. Morales said that he denied the request by the University of Texas leaders on legal and policy grounds. Now I quote to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Edwards): Racial quotas, set-asides and preferences do not, in my judgment, represent the values and principles which Texas should embrace. I strongly believe that decisions based upon individual merit and qualification are far preferable to decisions based on race or ethnicity.
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Frank Riggs
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Discussing the impact of a ruling on racial preferences in university admissions.

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