December 6, 2002

Affirmative Action Is Not Discrimination

By ANN D. SPRINGER and BENJAMIN BAEZ

We write to take issue with the fallacious arguments of Roger Clegg's "When Faculty Hiring Is Blatantly Illegal" (The Review, November 1). Clegg argues that universities' efforts to diversify their faculties are "blatantly illegal" and unfair. He points to a few claims of so-called reverse discrimination by white men, and argues that taking into account the benefits a minority candidate might add is giving "greater -- not just equal -- consideration" to such a candidate.

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