DGZ for Conservatives

It seems that Madison, Wisconsin has become designated ground zero for conservative/libertarian/Republican attacks on what might be called the liberal/progress approach to government.

Now we have an organization called the Center for Equal Opportunity♠ filing a law suit against the University of Wisconsin at Madison, alleging discrimination against "whites" and Asians.  The lede from an article in the University newspaper, The Badger Herald, reads:

Two reports released today allege the University of Wisconsin discriminates against whites and Asian applicants and have electrified both UW administration and some student leaders.

I thought the next post and comment from Law Professor Ann Althouse was even more interesting.  Noting her participation in a 1970 protest at the University of Michigan she then goes on to say about the protest today in Madison:

And I'm a blogger observing the protests.  One observation I have about student protests is that the applicants who don't get in are not around to march and chant.  They went somewhere else — perhaps Eau Claire or Whitewater.  The university officials last night stressed that every student who is here should feel good about being here, that he or she deserves to be here. Of course, we want everyone who is here to feel great about it.  The officials don't see much need to speak to the individuals who were rejected.  They're not part of the campus climate.  Back in 1970 when we protested at Michigan, we were protesting against our own interest, being altruistic, saying, essentially, maybe we don't deserve to be here.  It is important to visualize the effect of a policy on persons who are not present to assert their interests.

Who does speak for the person not represented?

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  For those of you not immediately enroute to the link, it is a "Conservative" think tank, whose Chairman is Linda Chavez.