73%

The DM ran a front page story above the fold entitled "Law students receive affirmative action benefit." The article reports that every minority in the law school receives in automatic scholarship 73% of their tuition. For the record, I receive because I'm white 0% of my tuition in scholarship. But because the black students are black, they receive 73% of their tuition. There are no academic considerations at play here. Only racial. This is pure racism and in my estimation a blatant violation of the Equal Protection Clause given that Ole Miss Law School is state sponsored.

The policy behind this is two-fold I think. In the first place, the school is desperate to increase the number of minorities enrolled. Secondly, there's a belief that the past wrongs society has inflicted on minorities justifies the present benefits to assure that everyone has a fair fighing chance in life. But fighting racism with racism is morally repugnant and logically absurd. It only breeds resentment on one side and complacency and dependency on the other.