An Inclusive Litany
7/29/92
When the Detroit public school system planned to create three
all-male academies in an effort to stem urban violence and improve the
educational environment for young men, the
American Civil Liberties Union
and the
National Organization for Women
sued. An ACLU staff
attorney offered the following justification: "When both the boy and
the girl are hurting, how can we focus our attention on one child over
the other, solely on the basis of immutable characteristics of birth?"