“I’m White, Aileen…”
You will want to read this letter from a Penn undergraduate to a career counselor there. It begins: My Dearest Aileen… I have a confession to make, and I’m sorry that this is the way I have to go about it; I know the news will be highly disheartening to you, but I feel that […]
BAMN Slammed!
The Michigan Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of BAMN and other MCRI opponents. Thus, despite the intense efforts of the Democrats and their BAMN allies, the people of Michigan will have the opportunity to vote to keep or ban racial preferences. UPDATE [30 March 10:45PM] The Associated Press reports: LANSING, Mich. (AP) […]
What’s The Problem II?
Several days ago I wrote (here) about the severe problem of black high school dropouts, a problem that is substantially beyond the reach of anti-discrimination law or policy. Now comes Mickey Kaus, quoting Paul Krugman (of all people), who in turn quotes what he calls “serious, non-partisan research”: Because Mexican immigrants have much less education […]
The Irony Of Ethnic Regulation (Or De-Regulation)
As the immigration debate heats up, it may be instructive (at least it’s interesting) to reflect upon this irony: the Left, which wants to regulate every nook and cranny of American life to ensure an appropriately “diverse” mix of races and ethnicities everywhere (appropriate to the Left, that is), wants in its heart of hearts […]
Another BAMN Riot
I have written here a number of times By Any Means Necessary, the shock troops leading the charge, often violently, against the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative. (There are many such posts; two are this one and this one.) Now, Chetly Zarko reports, they’ve done again, this time instigating high school violence over dress codes.
Indifferent To “Difference”?
As we have seen over and over again, racial preferences are justified because of the need for “diversity,” a justification that depends on the assumption, or stereotype, of “difference” — a racialist (in the past it was regarded as racist) belief that racial and ethnic groups bring fundamentally “different values and attitudes to the workplace […]
A Michigan State Debate
The Residence Hall Association at Michigan State sponsored a debate between Carl Cohen, a University of Michigan philosophy professor who has long opposed racial preferences (a former head of the Michigan ACLU, Cohen is one of the few liberals who did not turn his back on the “without regard” principle of colorblind equality), and Tim […]
“Misconception Of Affirmative Action”?
An editorial in the [Michigan] State News purports to expose “misconception[s] of affirmative action.” What it succeeds in doing is exposing the misconceptions of its supporters. Here’s an example: For one, affirmative action policies are not permission to treat citizens differentially on the basis of race; they are permission to take race into consideration in […]
Interesting Campus Poll
See the UPDATE to this post below for the interesting results of a poll on race/gender-based scholarships.
Another MCRI-Bashing Mismatch
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, speaking to a daylong “Michigan Civil Rights Summit,” committed another of her typical non-sequiturs in speaking out against the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, a ballot proposal that would end racial preference in Michigan. Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Monday made another push to protect affirmative action policies in the state, saying […]
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