Lest We Forget
The Confederate statue in the square of the small town where I grew up was inscribed with the names of the local dead in The War (if you have to ask which one …) under the heading, “Lest We Forget.” Their sacrifice was trivial compared to the one Dean Esmay, in what may be his […]
Partisan Hypocrisy
The arcana of racial redistricting, such as the nature of “retrogression” under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, make racial preferences in college admissions look pretty clear and uncomplicated. I hesitate to venture into this dismal swamp without a guide. But … blogs are full of guides, and I trust someone will correct any […]
“The Diversity Paradox” Is Not A Paradox
Keith Woods is Reporting, Writing & Editing Group Leader at the Poynter Institute, a leading journalism think tank. His article, “The Diversity Paradox,” reveals, occasionally intentionally, the doubts and shadows diversity casts over diversity appointments. (Link provided by reader Jerry Bledsoe.) Woods, of course, tries to defend diversity, and he resists what he calls the […]
First Sex Gender, Now Money!
For some reason I seem to be straying a bit from the narrow discrimination(s) path today. First it was Smithie sex (see two posts below), now money, in neither of which do I possess any claim on your attention. Still, I can’t resist commenting on Harold Meyerson’s OpEd in today’s Washington Post about Richard Gephardt’s […]
Promoting Bigotry?
According to Mac-a-ronies this morning, I am a “fellow traveler” of the likes of Abigail Thernstrom and “Discriminations [is] a blog that seems to exist to promote bigotry….” Moreover, Mr. or Ms. Mac maintains, “I suspect Rosenberg supports the findings of ‘scientific’ racists, that nonwhites, blacks particularly, are genetically inferior.” I find the bigotry charge […]
Girls Women Will Be … ?
Joanne Jacobs reports, via Tongue Tied, that Lindsay Watson, recently the president of the Student Government Association at Smith College, has introduced a resolution to remove “she” and “her” from its constitution. Watson said she was thinking particularly of students who identify themselves as transgendered, and therefore may be uncomfortable using female pronouns to describe […]
Another Poll-ish Joke
The Chronicle of Higher Education has just released the results of its own wide-ranging poll of American attitudes toward higher education. You will not be surprised to hear that the part of this poll that interests me the most concerns affirmative action. The Chronicle attempts to put a positive spin on these results, claiming in […]
The Crackup Of Racial Redistricting
I’m sure election law experts can make sense of the racial redistricting case from Georgia that will be heard by the Supremes next Tuesday, but, if this article from the Atlanta Constitution is even close to accurate, no one else can. (Link via Howard Bashman) Or at least I can’t. It pits Laughlin McDonald and […]
Black Latinos
The New York Times reports this morning on the “growing racial awareness” among black Latinos, especially in New York. It’s an interesting article, especially in the evidence it provides, I suspect unintentionally, that one of the problems of multiculturalism is the “multi”: on close or even not so close examination, most cultures turn out to […]
The New York Times And The Politics Of Judicial Appointments
We have all become so accustomed — jaded might be a better word — to the politically charged nature of the debates over judicial appointments that we now accept as normal comments that not so long ago would have appeared shocking. A case in point is the New York Times editorial several days ago opposing […]
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