From Preferences To Separatism To … Principle
Several days ago I discussed a proposal by the Detroit city councis to create an “Africa Town,” a black business district with loans and other government favors that would be limited to blacks. Predictably, some ethnic groups object to being excluded from government benefits because of their race. Members of Detroit’s Latino, Asian and Arab […]
CBS: “Kerry’s Top Ten Flip-Flops”
Really. No joke. CBS News has an article by chief political writer David Paul Kuhn examining Kerry’s top ten flip-flops. Earlier it had a similar one on Bush.
Another Unintended Consequence of Grutter
In this post (two posts down) I noted that, unexpectedly, Grutter has caused many colleges to eliminate their racially exclusive programs. That’s not the only unexpected consequence. Beginning last spring many colleges began expressing concern, or even alarm, at the declining numbers of minority applications and then enrollment for the incoming freshman classes. (I discussed […]
Affirmative Action For … Protestants
From the Belfast Telegraph today: One of Northern Ireland’s unionist MEPs is calling for US-style affirmative action to ensure that Protestants get an adequate share of future EU funding for peace and reconciliation. DUP MEP Jim Allister said in Brussels yesterday that there had been a “disproportionate uptake” between the two communities of the
Who’d A Thunk?
“In what some now say is an unexpected erosion of affirmative action,” the Chicago Tribune reports, “colleges are interpreting the [Grutter] ruling to mean they can no longer offer race-exclusive programs designed specifically to help minority students.” Across the country formerly racially exclusive programs are now being opened up to non-minorities, although the flow of […]
Headlline Of The Week (Or Month, Year, Decade…)
The following tip thanks to the ever-vigilant Fred Ray. From the Oakland Tribune yesterday: Oakland police halt DUI checkpoints Immigrant activists say roadblocks discriminate against those without licenses Well, yes. I suppose they do. In her opening paragraphs the Trib staff writer does, however, suggest an innovative new criminal defense: OAKLAND — Oakland police officers […]
Did Kerry Get This Right?
As part of his latest effort to make Iraq the focus of his campaign, Sen. Kerry has been arguing that as a result of President Bush lying and misleading us into a misguided and mismanaged war “Iraq,” as Kerry put it in a major speech at Temple University last week, ” is now what it […]
Is This Bias?
The following paragraph from Dan Balz’s and Vanessa Williams’s article (“Poll Shows Bush With Solid Lead”) on the front page of today’s Washington Post bothers me. Bush’s relentless attacks on Kerry have badly damaged the Democratic nominee, the survey and interviews showed. Voters routinely describe Kerry as wishy-washy, as a flip-flopper and as a candidate […]
Here We Go Again
Fall is in the air in Charlottesville, students are back on Grounds at UVa, the Cavaliers are off to a strong start this season, and like clockwork the Cavalier Daily is once again filled with accusations of ignorance and racism and other heated and anguished reactions to another alleged hate crime of the sort that […]
From Preferences To Separation
Several posts ago I mentioned that the rumors of the Michigan Civil Rights Intiative‘s death are premature, and that volunteers as well as paid workers are now actively gathering signatures to put the measure on the ballot in 2006. Proving my point that MCRI is still very much alive, two key people associated with it, […]
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