A lesson in diversity by Mitchell Lansdberg Along with getting a top-notch education, Itanza and many of her classmates say, they have learned to appreciate diversity and become comfortable with people of all races and nationalities. The district won that battle this week when a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge rejected a lawsuit by the Pacific Legal Foundation, which claimed that the use of race in magnet assignments violated California's Proposition 209, the anti-affirmative action initiative passed by voters in 1996. Why does this school work? The Los Angeles Times, 12/13/2007