Leaving The Left
I just ran across this article by Keith Thompson on “Leaving the Left.” As someone who has followed a similar path, I highly commend it to you. (For my short, not by any means equivalent declaration of independence that I shouted to a non-existent audience in 1991, see the last part of this post.)
Race And Rights In Paradise II
A couple of years ago I blogged about an effort to have some government programs in Hawaii reserved to those “with a drop of Hawaiian blood.” Now reader Fred Ray informs me that that controversy is still alive and, well, well.
San Francisco: Scofflaw
A civil grand jury in San Francisco has found that the city “continues to violate the state law that prohibits the use of race and gender preferences in awarding contracts, incurring ‘unnecessary risks and costs.’” City attorney Dennis Herrera “said San Francisco’s affirmative action policy was sound.” He should know better, since this is the […]
Cultural (In)Competence In Oregon
As I noted immediately below, the Chancellor of the University of California at Santa Cruz has determined that “diversity” is “central” to the university’s mission … or at least it will be just as soon as a committee decides what it is. They’re having a similar definitional problem at the University of Oregon, where a […]
UC Santa Cruz: Diversity Is “Central” (Whatever It Is)
From the current UC Santa Cruz Currents: Regarding the campuswide diversity initiative, [Chancellor Denise D.] Denton is launching quantitative and qualitative studies with an eye toward implementation beginning this fall. Diversity is central to excellence, she said, adding that her own definition of diversity encompasses gender, ethnicity, race, class, physical ability, gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender, and nation of […]
Michigan Debate
The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, which is scheduled to appear on the November 2006 ballot, would ban racial preferences in Michigan. Jennifer Gratz, executive director of MCRI, explains that “People will then be treated without regard to their skin color in public employment, contracting and education.” And what do those who oppose MCRI and support […]
Discriminatory Traffic Patterns?
Reader Fred Ray sends word of an NAACP complaint about discriminatory traffic patterns in Myrtle Beach, S.C. It appears that two large, back to back motorcycle rallies, one mainly white and one mainly black, are not treated exactly the same. Should they be? Read the article and see what you think. ADDENDUM Meanwhle, reports Little […]
A Twofer! UC Davis Press Release Wins Prizes For Non Sequitur AND Jargon!
The recently established (as in about five minutes ago) DISCRIMINATIONS prizes for best non sequitur and most euphemistic jargon have both been won by one striking press release from the University of California at Davis. The non sequitur is the very first paragraph: Colleges and universities, long considered major building blocks of social opportunity in […]
Biden … His Time?
On Hardball last night Sen. Joe Biden said he thought the filibuster compromise “was fine.” It avoided a showdown that I was not sure we could win. Had we lost the showdown, had we lost the filibuster, I think the nation would have been damaged. The function of the Senate would have been altered. So […]
An Inside Look At Futuristic Preferentialism
Most preferentialists believe that all institutions, including elite academic institutions, should reflect the racial and ethnic composition of American (but why stop at mere national borders?) society. A recent post on California Patriot, however, reveals Berkeley’s new chancellor, Robert Birgeneau, to be not only a preferentialist but a progressive preferentialist: he thinks the University of […]
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