Members of the 2006 graduating class of the United States Naval Academy throw their hats in the air at the conclusion of their graduation ceremony in Annapolis, Md. (AP) From Chicago Sun Times:
The Naval Academy’s emphasis on creating a more diverse brigade of midshipmen has led to an admissions process that unofficially but effectively sets up separate tracks for white and nonwhite applicants in violation of federal law, one of the school’s professors has charged.
Academy English professor Bruce Fleming, who served on the school’s admissions board in 2002 and 2003, said academy officials have been careful not to set up a formal two-track system for white and nonwhite candidates, which would violate a 2003 Supreme Court ruling that threw out the University of Michigan’s race-based application process.
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My Comment: Does anyone say quotas? What will be the next step? .... assigning who is to be an officer based on race? This is a slippery slope that can only poison the service and race relations for years, and this is just the start.