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If affirmative action is permissible by law and sustainable by the Constitution, then it makes sense that universities would be allowed to continue their legacy admissions. The morality and ethics of legacy admissions is a different thing altogether. Affirmative action remains necessary in a nation that only abolished Jim Crow laws five decades ago and which still suffers from one of the largest income disparities of any developed country. On the other hand, legacy admissions further entrench the financially and culturally elite in positions of power. In Liberalism Divided, Owen M. Fiss (1997) analyzes what he calls the "group disadvantaging principle," (p. 36). Fiss (1997) posits the group disadvantaging principle as the principle underlying affirmative action. The principle acknowledges the link between race and class. The group disadvantaging principle "seeks to end social subordination" by proactively uprooting all forms of social inequality and discrimination (Fiss 1997, p. 36). It is upon the group disadvantaging principle that all future admissions policies should be based if one of the goals of education is to help create a more perfect society.

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American Council on Education (2002). What Leaders are Saying about Affirmative Action and Diversity. Retrieved June 18, 2008 at http://www.acenet.edu/bookstore/descriptions/making_the_case/works/leaders.cfm

Bradley, R. (2006)....

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Review of: The Price of Admission: How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way Into Elite Colleges -- and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates. The New York Sun. Sept 21, 2006. Retrieved June 19, 2008 at http://www.nysun.com/arts/children-of-alumni-check-here/40127/
Fiss, O. (1997). Liberalism Divided: Freedom of Speech and the Many Uses of State Power. Retrieved June 19, 2008 at http://books.google.com/books?id=VJLP13ylC2YC&pg=PA36&lpg=PA36&dq=group+disadvantaging+principle&source=web&ots=zriUKOVo6L&sig=77UeAOTb2E4K2lp6X3bunFs30TQ&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA36,M1

Katie (2005). Legacy Admissions. A Constrained Vision (blog). Retrieved June 19, 2008 at http://aconstrainedvision.blogspot.com/2005/03/legacy-admissions.html

Porter, J.D. (2007). Legacy Admissions are Stupid. Columbia Spectator: Online Edition. Sept 14, 2007. Retrieved June 19, 2008 at http://www.columbiaspectator.com/node/26636

Weiss, N. (2005). Legacy admissions: does a family history at the Farm matter? The Stanford Daily. April 13, 2005. Retrieved June 18, 2008 at http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2005/4/13/legacyAdmissionsDoesAFamilyHistoryAtTheFarmMatter

Wilkins, D.B (2001). The Affirmative-Action President's Dilemma. CommonDreams.org. Feb 7, 2001. Retrieved June 19, 2008 at http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0207-05.htm

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References

American Council on Education (2002). What Leaders are Saying about Affirmative Action and Diversity. Retrieved June 18, 2008 at http://www.acenet.edu/bookstore/descriptions/making_the_case/works/leaders.cfm

Bradley, R. (2006). Children of Alumni Check Here. Review of: The Price of Admission: How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way Into Elite Colleges -- and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates. The New York Sun. Sept 21, 2006. Retrieved June 19, 2008 at http://www.nysun.com/arts/children-of-alumni-check-here/40127/

Fiss, O. (1997). Liberalism Divided: Freedom of Speech and the Many Uses of State Power. Retrieved June 19, 2008 at http://books.google.com/books?id=VJLP13ylC2YC&pg=PA36&lpg=PA36&dq=group+disadvantaging+principle&source=web&ots=zriUKOVo6L&sig=77UeAOTb2E4K2lp6X3bunFs30TQ&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA36,M1

Katie (2005). Legacy Admissions. A Constrained Vision (blog). Retrieved June 19, 2008 at http://aconstrainedvision.blogspot.com/2005/03/legacy-admissions.html
Porter, J.D. (2007). Legacy Admissions are Stupid. Columbia Spectator: Online Edition. Sept 14, 2007. Retrieved June 19, 2008 at http://www.columbiaspectator.com/node/26636
Weiss, N. (2005). Legacy admissions: does a family history at the Farm matter? The Stanford Daily. April 13, 2005. Retrieved June 18, 2008 at http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2005/4/13/legacyAdmissionsDoesAFamilyHistoryAtTheFarmMatter
Wilkins, D.B (2001). The Affirmative-Action President's Dilemma. CommonDreams.org. Feb 7, 2001. Retrieved June 19, 2008 at http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0207-05.htm


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