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******************************************** President Says No to Race Preferences "President Bush, stepping into a major affirmative action case, asserted Wednesday that a program of racial preferences for minority applicants at the University of Michigan was 'fundamentally flawed' and unconstitutional. The program 'amounts to a quota system that unfairly rewards or penalizes prospective students solely on their race,' Bush said in announcing that his administration would file a legal brief in the case with the Supreme Court on Thursday. "...'I strongly support diversity of all kinds, including racial diversity in higher education,' Bush said. But he added, 'The method used by the University of Michigan to achieve this goal is fundamentally flawed.' "He said that some students at the university are selected or rejected on the color of their skin. 'The motivation for this administration policy may be very good, but the result is discrimination. And that discrimination is very wrong,' Bush said. "He spoke in the Roosevelt Room of the White House and declined to take questions. "Bush said that 'racial prejudice is a reality in our country' but that, in trying to fix the problem, 'we must not use means that create another wrong.' . . . " - Associated Press, 1/15/03
