Commentary: Affirmative action harms the wise balance between universal personhood and diversity
by Adam Carrington, Chicago Tribune
Nov 10, 2022
3 minutes
E pluribus unum. “Out of many, one.” So says America’s traditional motto as it appears on our great seal — and has since Congress approved its inclusion in 1782.
On Oct. 31, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in cases reconsidering the legal and constitutional status of affirmative action. This reconsideration entails a broader one regarding what makes us Americans.
The motto recognizes that differences always have existed among our citizens. Americans
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