Editing Fifth Circuit Four (section)

==Quote==
<blockquote>"The [[United States Constitution|Constitution]] is both color blind and color conscious. To avoid conflict with the [[Equal Protection Clause|equal protection clause]], a classification that denies a benefit, causes harm, or imposes a burden must not be based on [[Race (classification of human beings)|race]]. In that sense the Constitution is color blind. But the Constitution is color conscious to prevent [[Racism#Racial discrimination|discrimination]] being perpetuated and to undo the effects of past discrimination. The criterion is the relevancy of color to a legitimate government purpose."

—Judge John Minor Wisdom, writing for the majority in ''United States v. Jefferson County Board of Education'', 1966.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Circuit |first=United States Court of Appeals Fifth |date=1966-12-29 |title=372 F2d 836 United States v. Jefferson County Board of Education |url=https://openjurist.org/372/f2d/836/united-states-v-jefferson-county-board-of-education |journal=Open Jurist |language=English |volume=F2d |issue=372 |pages=836}}</ref></blockquote>