Today’s WSJ editorializes on the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (no free link):

The opponents of Proposal 2 have also rolled out Tommy Amaker and Tom Izzo, the men’s basketball coaches at Michigan and Michigan State University, respectively. They declared at a press conference that the initiative would hurt the university system by reducing “diversity.” Once upon a time, the goal of civil rights legislation was equal opportunity. But with that goal largely achieved, the proponents of racial preferences have now moved the goalposts to “diversity” for its own sake. This sets race above other qualities, which erodes public confidence in individual merit as opposed to group rights.In any case, the proponents of the Civil Rights Initiative sent the two coaches a question: “Do you use quotas or preferences when you choose the players on your basketball teams?”