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Monday, April 23, 2012
California Affirmative Action: Campus Diversity Suffers Under Race-Blind Policies
Complex Sports
By Jose Martinez | Apr 21, 2012 | 5:00 pm
At the young age of 15, Michael Rodriguez had dreams of one day competing in NASCAR. Through the Drive for Diversity program, which focused on giving opportunities to minority drivers, Michael saw it as the perfect chance for him to break into the sport. Seven years later, Rodriguez is suing both NASCAR and the organization that ran the program, Access Communications, for denying him a spot because he was "too Caucasian."
Full Story: http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/04/driver-michael-rodriguez-sues-nascar-for-thinking-hes-too-caucasian-for-diversity-program
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