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No civilized government should be in the business of restricting people's fundamental civil rights based on their race. I think we all believe that.
Now you might not think that the right to be admitted to college based solely on your record is a "fundamental civil right." Reasonable people might disagree there.
But where do you draw the line? What rights are inviolable, and what rights can the government mess with at will? When does the government start to restrict your right to privacy based on your race, your right to free speech based on your race, your right to bear arms based on your race? Or your gender? Or your sexual preference?
This "level the playing field" argument that Manx is making, taken to its logical conclusion, can be used to rationalize all sorts of injustices that no civilized society should tolerate.
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