[Dilbert San Diego]

Can I ask a stupid question? Pardon my ignorance, but.......

Aren’t quotas or restrictive admission policies against the law? Maybe I’m just completely ignorant? Do civil rights laws banning racial/ethnic discrimination just not apply at all to the area of college admissions???

[ClearCase_guy]

It's prety much illegal to use racial preferences if those preferences hurt blacks -- it would be reactionary and bigoted to judge people by their skin color. However, if your racial preferences help blacks, many people will cheer you on for your enlightened and unbigoted attitude.

In the same way, if you point out that blacks dominate certain sports (like running marathons), people will smile and nod and say, "We better. Deal wi' it bro."
But if you then point out differences in IQ scores, they will be horrified that you might consider differences to exist between races. They are just as good as you -- you hater!!