Essay by Barbara J. Flagg
In Grutter v. Bollinger the United States Supreme Court conclude that states may take race into account in college and university admissions. The Court's reasoning is conceptually indebted to three discursive frameworks: the languages of popular affirmative action discourse, constitutional law, and academic diversity. This Essay examines that juxtaposition and argues that in the final analysis, by reinscribing images that foster white resistance to racial redistribution, the Grutter opinion may do as much harm as good to the cause of racial justice.
About the Author
Barbara J. Flagg. Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law.
Citation
78 Tul. L. Rev. 827 (2004)