Is The Absence Of Discrimination Discriminatory?
Campus Republicans at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte held an affirmative action bake sale yesterday, joined by District 12 Republican Congressional candidate Vernon Robinson. Some students complained that UNCC discriminates against them because it doesn’t discriminate for them. Really. UNC Charlotte does not have affirmative action on campus and some students said they […]
The Degradation Of American Liberalism
For most of its recent history — for virtually all of its 20th Century history — perhaps the two most fundamental, core commitments of American liberalism were its devotion to free speech and its determined opposition to racial discrimination. Notice I said “were” rather than “have been,” because unfortunately both of those twin, identifying principles […]
Who’s Snide?
Writing in the Allentown (Pa.) Morning Call about the recent affirmative action bake sale at Kutztown University there (discussed here), columnist Paul Carpenter writes: There are two points of interest in the Kutztown University flap. That is, there are two valid points of interest. As reported Friday in a huge front-page splash, some KU students […]
The New Racism: Hidden, Elusive, Passive (But Pervasive?)
Lincoln Soutwest High School in Lincoln, Nebraska, with 1,763 white students and 122 “students of color,” recently held a “Multicultural Awareness Day.” According to an article about the event, “six speakers from different cultures” were invited “to talk about their experiences in Lincoln and other areas of the world.” One of the six was Jose […]
Anti-Discrimination, Amnesty International Style
The all-reading Fred Ray sends word of a job opening at Amnesty International, as reported with a proper amount of incredulity on Samizdata. Noting that AI, “as part of its ongoing struggle for universal human rights, is looking to employ a Discrimination and Identity consultant for its Dutch branch, Samizdata quotes from the job posting […]
Harvard’s Problem? It “Looks Like America”!
A friend just sent me this comment from a Summers-loathing Harvard professor (which was also noted on InstaPundit): The show of student loyalty has come as a surprise to many faculty members and administrators at Harvard, who grew to loathe Summers during a five-year tenure that brought a raw blast of politics to the 370-year-old […]
How Far We’ve Traveled …
… Alas, some of us in the wrong direction. A few minutes ago I received a press release from an organization celebrating its victory over a city and county government in a state appellate court on behalf of an employee who had claimed that he was denied a promotion because of his race. The court […]
LGBT Community Urged To Support Preferential Treatment
Leaders of the LGBT community gathered recently in Southfield, Michigan, to voice their support for racial and other preferences, and thus their opposition to the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, a proposal to amend the state constitution that will be on the November 2006 ballot. Attendees spoke about the need to encourage gay white men to […]
Stifling “Un-American” Views
Gary Larson (not the cartoonist, but worth reading anyway) has the sad story. So does Scott on PowerLine.
Women In Science: Title IX To The Rescue?
In addition to calling my attention to the article that is the subject of the preceding post, daughter Jessie also alerted me to an upcoming lecture at Caltech, as part of the Women’s Center’s recognition of Women’s History Month, by Dr. Debra Rolison of the Naval Research Laboratory. Debra Rolison is a leading figure in […]
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