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International, this is To the Point. Does affirmative action have a future?

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Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will take another look at making race and ethnicity part

of admissions to elite public colleges and universities.

The court will review a white student's claim that racial discrimination kept her out of the University of Texas,

even though she was academically qualified. The justices have a history of eroding affirmative action.

Supporters of partially race-based admissions are not expecting good news. Are there other ways of creating the campus diversity regarded as essential to higher education?

Today's talking point, the call for a ban on Muslim immigrants

and America's dark history of racial and ethnic exclusion.

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International Program Fund. Hello again, Mormon-Aulney, back with To the Poid. One of

America's most controversial issues is back in the news. Amid racial protest on campuses

across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up race-based affirmative action tomorrow

in admissions to elite

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