"It's going to permit racial and ethnic preferences but only if done in a nontransparent way," he said.

How extensive is ethnic preference?

As well as racial and ethnic preferences in grades k-12.

Each warehouse carries a line of local products, which include ethnic and gourmet preferences.

Compounding the problem, chain stores are generally unfamiliar with ethnic preferences.

And an overwhelming 85 percent of students specifically reject the use of racial or ethnic "preferences"-- along with a majority of faculty members.

We cook Italian and French dishes, but we enjoy all types of food - we have no ethnic preferences.

In the 1996 California Civil Rights Initiative, Hispanics voted for ethnic preferences.

Before adopting racial or ethnic preferences, the Court said, a city or state has to show evidence of discrimination "with some specificity."