Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitution forbids. (Lewis F. Powell, Jr.)

Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitution forbids.

Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

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