The NYT leaves little doubt of what it thinks about the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative. People who support it, says the Times, just don’t know what it really would do:

Just 20 miles north of the liberal university enclave, in Brighton, there is less familiarity with the proposition but more opposition to affirmative action. “I don’t know a lot about Proposition 2…,” said Vicki Smith, who is white, shopping one afternoon at Kohls department store. “I do think there’s something wrong with their admissions.”

Despite this, it’s a reasonably good summary of the debate over MCRI, and includes a reference to the Center for Equal Opportunity’s important new study on race and admissions at the University of Michigan.