Q&A: Lani Guinier.(Brief Article)(Interview)

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Byline: Daren Briscoe

Harvard professor Lani Guinier raised eyebrows last summer by asking whether the high percentage of West Indian and African immigrants at Harvard showed that the school's affirmative-action policy was leaving African-Americans behind. Guinier, whose father is from Jamaica, explained to Daren Briscoe why schools, not immigrants,...

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