UPDATE(S)
Please see the UPDATE below to A Love Sonnet To UCLA In The New York Times. UPDATE [1 October] That post has now been UPDATEd again. UPDATE II [1 October, shortly after the above] … and again.
Is Orlando Patterson Channeling Roger Clegg?
Writing about the Jena controversy in the New York Times today, Orlando Patterson, the highly regarded black sociologist at Harvard, notes the highly disproportionate amount of black incarceration and asks a good question: “How, after decades of undeniable racial progress, did we end up with this virtual gulag of racial incarceration?” After giving a nod [...]
A Love Sonnet To UCLA In The New York Times
[NOTE: This post has been UPDATED ... twice] The Sunday New York Times Magazine will feature a long love song to UCLA, readable now here, singing the praises of its apparently successful efforts to skirt and evade Prop. 209’s prohibition of racial preferences. I’ll have something to say about its arguments (I’m sure that will [...]
“Diversity” Quote Of The Day
From today’s Portland Oregonian: Clackamas County’s new diversity manager says he will “maximize what differences bring to a community.” Perhaps Clackemas County’s new motto could be, “What A Day A Difference Makes!”
“Why Diversity For Diversity’s Sake Won’t Work”
Jennifer Delton, an associate professor of history at Skidmore College, has written a superb critique (except for its rather wimpy conclusion) of current “diversity” practices in the Chronicle of Higher Education, here. If you have access to the Chronicle, in paper or online, drop whatever you’re doing and go read the whole thing now. If [...]
No Quotas In Minneapolis? Why Not?
Does the Minneapolis city government employ racial quotas in its contracting? Apparently not, and “civil rights” forces are angry and complaining. A new report found “excessive noncompliance” with the “labor hour goals” of a 1967 civil rights ordinance “which call for 11 percent minority participation and six percent female participation.” Why is it that defenders [...]
Roger Clegg On Jena
Roger Clegg, president and general counsel of the Center for Equal Opportunity, has given me permission to post his observation about the Jena controversy, which follows. Some Thoughts on Jena [Roger Clegg] Let’s suppose that the facts are as the protestors assert they are in Jena: That the African American teenagers did not beat the [...]
Greenspan Cheats
Former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan’s recent memoir has been getting lots of attention, primarily because of its outspoken criticism of the Bush administration. In a characteristically thoughtful, penetrating, and well-written critique, Peggy Noonan gives the former chairman a much-deserved hard time for not saying at the time — when his comments would have had some [...]
UPDATE!
Please see the UPDATE to From Inane To Sublime To Ridiculous below.
And You Thought Bilingual Education Was Bad
Oregon is pioneering an approach to educating recent immigrants that goes beyond bilingual education, which typically involves using American course materials in Spanish or or other languages. (HatTip to reader Paul Engel) Some Oregon high schools are adopting Mexico’s public school curriculum to help educate Spanish-speaking students with textbooks, an online Web site, DVDs and [...]
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