... this assumption is patronizing and misguided, of course because members of every racial group differ in their life experiences. Furthermore, proponents of diversity have all too often permitted the debate to be centered on this argument and have faltered in the courts when trying to defend the use of race to achieve intellectual diversity. Michael Greve confirms this last idea and in his article, The Demise of Race-Based Admissions Policies, he states that "permitting racial classification to advance a vague notion of diversity is dangerous because it invites the use of race for its own sake." It is because of these notions that Greves believes that colleges and universities can no longer maintain that race-based preferences serve to foster not racial but intellectual diversity. In Reflections on the Shape of the River, by Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom, the authors contend that race as a factor in admissions is not necessarily a ...

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