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68 CORPORATE SUPPORTERS OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION The Supreme Court fight over the use of race as a factor in deciding who will be admitted to the nation's universities has attracted the support of many of the nation's leading corporations, who argue that racial and ethnic diversity represent a compelling state interest.

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