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Editorials
July 19, 1993 issue

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Writer Lani Guinier argued that race-apportioned districts are a flawed idea, she advanced some creative alternatives. Now the Supreme Court says race-apportioned districts may be a flawed idea. If courts throw out race-conscious districting, civil rights advocates will be robbed of their only current tool for gaining minority representation. And it's worth remembering that electoral districting is always political. On the other hand, if the majority-minority approach remains frozen in the amber of government policy, minorities will still face what Guinier called the triumph of tokenism.

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GUINIER, Lani; RACE; CIVIL rights; MINORITIES; GOVERNMENT policy; ETHNOLOGY
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