An American Soldier Writes…
The following comment was just submitted to a post so old that no one would see it. I don’t know Joseph Weston, the writer, and in fact have no way of confirming that he really is who he says he is, but on the chance he is I think everyone should read his submission, which [...]
Civil Rights Commission Urges Law Schools To Release Data [This Post Has Been UPDATED ... and UPDATED Again]
Writing today on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s blog, Peter Schmidt reports that tomorrow the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will release a report urging law schools to release data on the nature and success of their affirmative action policies. It will also urge the section of the American Bar Association that sets accreditation standards [...]
Neutrality? For It? Against It? Both?
It’s hard to be a “progressive” these days. Or perhaps to know what is “progressive.” For example, progressives oppose neutrality with regard to race. Indeed, many view the effort to return to the 1964 Civil Rights Act’s requirement of colorblind equality as a racist plot. On the other hand, they support “gender neutrality.” A new [...]
“Misconstrued”????
For those of you who’ve been waiting with bated breath, the “final demographics” for next year’s freshman class at MIT have just been released. (Thanks to Jian Li, who corrected my “baited breath” to the correct “bated breath.”) Here’s one tantalizing bit of that demographic data: Of the 1,069 students expected to enroll, 46 percent [...]
Exporting “American-Style” Affirmative Action II
The Asian Pacific Post is a prize-winning community newspaper in British Columbia serving that region’s growing Asian minority. In mid-August it asked a question editorially that will strike some readers as odd: “Why are all the Canadian soldiers being killed in Afghanistan white?” The editorial received a favorable review in the Edmunton Sun: The newspaper [...]
Exporting “American-Style” Affirmative Action
On Sept. 4 PBS will air a documentary on Brazil’s recent introduction of “American-style affirmative action in its college admissions process.” It does not promise to be a pretty picture. Brazil in Black and White follows five students and their families as they undergo the university’s controversial new selection process. Seventeen-year-old Josie de Souza, who [...]
UPDATE
I have just added a long UPDATE to the post immediately below pointing out the rank hypocrisy of those who are attempting to block Prof. Richard Sander’s access to data from the State Bar of California.
Attempting To Prevent Diversity in Debate Over “Diversity”
Most readers are familiar with the pioneering work UCLA law professor Richard Sander has produced on the effects (they are not good) of “diversity” in law school admissions, especially his “mismatch” theory that preferences have actually reduced the number of minority lawyers. (Not familiar? Become so quickly by looking here, here, here, here, and here.) [...]
UPDATE
Does Preferential Treatment Violate A Ban On Preferential Treatment?, below, has been been UPDATED.
Some Interesting News From Sociology
On more than one occasion I’ve criticized sociologists for a) stating the obvious or b) stating as obvious something that isn’t. Thus, in the interest of fairness and balance, I am happy now to point to some interesting findings from a sociologist, Matthew O. Hunt of Northeastern University. The study, which appears in the flagship [...]
Recent Comments
DumbSillyRevealing (Of Its Authors) Study Of AADog Bites PersonLiberal Plays Race CardDog Bites PersonLiberal Plays Race CardDog Bites PersonLiberal Plays Race CardDog Bites PersonLiberal Plays Race CardDog Bites PersonLiberal Plays Race Card