The attitude -- that we seek not the "best individual" but the individual who will contribute the most to the whole -- applies in other walks of life besides sports. Think about the example of college admissions today. Is it constitutional for a school to look merely for the students who individually are the best academically – if there even is a way to measure this? Or should it also be concerned about which mix of …showed first 75 words of 1063 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1063 total…will ensure that people of color who are qualified are not always at a disadvantage, such as finding solutions to the oppressive social conditions that have plagued people of color in this hemisphere since 1492, such as eliminating racism and its effects in their own sphere of influence and authority. Their attacks on affirmative action and their refusal to act affirmatively do nothing to remedy the situations and conditions that continue to make affirmative action necessary.