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Affirmative action case overturned

A melting pot. A mosaic. A jigsaw puzzle.

For hundreds of years, America has prided itself… A melting pot. A mosaic. A jigsaw puzzle.

For hundreds of years, America has prided itself on its ethnic and cultural diversity, yet the issue of affirmative action continues to raise controversy.

Since the 1960s, colleges and universities have used affirmative action to give underrepresented students, staff and faculty an edge in education, but schools continue to fight for the right to legally use affirmative action.

On May 14, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the University of Michigan Law School

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