Arkansas’ last racial quota for a state board struck down by federal judge

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — The last racial quota for a state board in Arkansas was recently struck down by a federal judge. Rather than defend that quota, the state actually agreed with the plaintiff suing to remove it.

Former University of Arkansas professor Jay Greene, a white man, sued the state in October over a law mandating that one member of the Arkansas Ethics Commission be of a minority race.

Greene’s attorneys say he had previously put forward his name for consideration for the commission…

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