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A quarter of a century ago, in Brown v. Board ofEducation, the
U.S. Supreme Court spoke with one voice in outlawing "sepa- rate but equal" schools for black and white children. Such unanimity has been rare in recent years, as a divided Court has looked beyond de jure segregation in the South to deal with de facto segregation in the North. At the same time, the goals of colorblind justice and desegregation have been superseded by more complicated disputes over affirmative action...