()PlNION COrJlMENTARY LEnERS EDITORIALS
Court' affirmative action
jurispreudence. Justice Mar­
dded that the Court's 'un­
ecessary pro ouncements will
IDe'VI·taDly discourage or prevent
government 1 entities, par­
ticularly states and localities,
from cting to rectify the
courge of past dis a imina tion.
This i the h h reality of the
�ority's decisio but it is not
the Constitution's command"
With the unemployment rate
in the African American com­
munity soaring at an unprece­
dented le el, the action of the
Supre . Court will no cause
thousands of others in racial and
ethnic communities to become
unemployed
. ority set - . de pcograms
re designed originally to en-
ure a f ir percentage of
contr particularly govern-
nt contracts, uld be given
to minority vendors and con­
tractors.
Of course, minority contrac­
tors ere able to provide
tho ds of newly-aeated jobs
a result of this ppro ch to af­
firmative ction in the letting of
contr cts.
This ruling should not go un­
ch Henged. M rtin Luther
Kin Jr. taught us 25 years ago
that it i immoral to obey an un­
just I . We believe i uld be
equally immor I to accep this
latest ruling of the Supreme
Co . out i uing call to
continue to demand affirmative
action.
J u tice Marchall has taken
exception to this ruling and
have a responsibility to do no
less.
hen the Supreme Court
engages in racism it is up to the
people to become involved in
the necessary legislative proces-
es to rectify judicial injustice.