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President Clinton conceded that supporters of affirmative action will have to "find new ways to achieve the same objective."
Well, whether or not they do, it seems to "Today's Papers" that outrage such as Hutchinson's over the road race policy tends to support outrage over affirmative action.
This adjustment might, notes the Post , significantly affect affirmative action hiring goals or the boundaries of congressional districts.
A Wall Street Journal front-page feature notes a way corporate America is bucking the general trend against affirmative action: The business group that certifies minority ownership of corporations is likely to drop its definition from 51 percent ownership by minority group members to 20 percent.
In particular, I'm thinking of the story out at Berkeley, where affirmative action has been banned, and where only around 191 blacks, out of 8000-plus admittees, have been offered a place in next year's class, a huge drop (the Hispanic number was also small).