[A] racial quota derogates the human dignity and individuality of all to
whom it is applied; it is invidious in principle as well as in practice.
Moreover, it can easily be turned against those it purports to help. The
history of the racial quota is a history of subjugation, not benificence.
Its evil lies not in its name, but in its effects: a quota is a divider of
society, a creator of castes, and it is all the worse for its racial base,
especially in a society desperately striving for an equality that will make
race irrelevant. -- Bickel, The Morality of Consent
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