Now Even The New York Times Doubts “Race”
Yesterday (Saturday) ran an editorial “Debunking The Concept of ‘Race.’” It discussed a recent experiment at Penn State, where about 90 students took complex genetic screening tests that compared their samples with those of four regional groups. Many of these students thought of themselves as “100 percent” white or black or something else, but only […]
Affirmative Action After O’Connor
Cristina Rodriguez, a law prof at NYU, has an interesting analysis of affirmative action after O’Connor on
Update II
I have updated my Roberts memo post once again.
The Ever-Increasing Reach Of “Affirmative Action”
According to this article, Southern Illinois University has revoked the “registered status” of the Christian Legal Society‘s chapter at the SIU law school. CLS filed suit in April, alleging the law school violated its First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights by revoking the organization’s registered status. SIU dropped its recognition of CLS after a homosexual […]
U-M President Mary Sue Coleman’s “Black Mark”
Speaking to a group of alumni at the Bay Harbor Yacht Club in northern Michigan last Thursday, U-M president Mary Sue Coleman said the passage of the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative “would be a black mark on the state of Michigan.” She said the constitutional amendment could challenge U-M programs with goals like bringing more […]
Colbert King On Colorblindness: Yes, And No
I have had all too many occasions to write about Colbert King, the deputy editorial page editor of the Washington Post (such as here, here, here, and here. Today’s column provides another. King, it appears, favors colorblindness … when looking for terrorists. That is, he opposes the practice of using ethnicity, national origin and religion […]
Congratulations!
A column by DISCRIMINATIONS reader Linda Seebach is featured on RealClearPolitics today. It’s an excellent column about academic bias.
EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! BREAKING NEWS!
After poring through piles of Judge John Roberts’ old memos the ever-vigilant liberal watchdogs of the portal to the Supreme Court have made a breathtaking discovery: Roberts is [Gasp!] a conservative! Amazing! Note this head and sub-head from a Washington Post article yesterday: Judge’s Reagan-Era Work Criticized Papers Show Roberts’s Conservatism, Liberal Activists Say Well! […]
Update
My Roberts memo post below has been updated.
Who Says “Affirmative Action” = Quotas?
Who says “affirmative action” = quotas? Well, almost anyone who is honest about how such programs are actually implemented, such as the city of Pontiac, Michigan. The Justice Department has filed suit against the city because of its “affirmative action” policy in the fire department, which essentially sets quotas for minority hires and promotions in […]
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