In Defense of Affirmative Action

Authors

Theodore McMillian, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Publication Title

Washington University Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law

Abstract

Affirmative action can be a remedy for specific past discrimination. This is the kind of affirmative action that is embodied in settlements or judgments. However, affirmative action can also be general. In this sense, it is used not as a remedy for specific past discrimination, but rather to promote diversity.

Recommended Citation

Theodore McMillian, In Defense of Affirmative Action, 54 Wash. U. J. Urb. & Contemp. L. 39 (1998)
Available at: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_urbanlaw/vol54/iss1/5