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Editorial: Don’t cripple UW diversity

State Sen. Glenn Grothman is trying to block the only sure path to racial diversity on University of Wisconsin campuses: namely, affirmative action. The West Bend Republican shouldn’t be allowed to succeed.

Racial diversity is too important of a goal for the state to discard. Diversity enhances the educational environment, meets the legitimate needs of corporate America, bolsters the country’s non-white middle class and narrows the nation’s racial rift.