Further?
I have written several times about the “dramatically duplicitous attempt of Robin Carnahan, Missouri’s Democratic Secretary of State, to defeat the Missouri Civil Rights Initiative by rewriting it into oblivion.” (See also here and here.) Now comes Mariso Bello, writing in USA Today, who commits a similar Carnahanian transgression. Writing of the initiatives now underway [...]
Merit, Class, Race
[This post has been edited since it was originally posted —jsr] Richard Kahlenberg, a Senior Fellow at the Century Foundation, has long supported affirmative action based on class rather than race. (See his 1996 book, THE REMEDY) I have no problem with Kahlenberg’s preference for class-mixing over race-mixing as a basis for school policy, but [...]
Hillary’s Experience … And Some Plame For Bill?
The New York Times today examines Hillary’s vaunted “experience” as First Lady, quoting some former administration officials who argue it was extensive and relevant and others who argue that it was neither. This is not a question that greatly concerns me, but I found two items in the article that were provocative. First, and most [...]
UPDATE
This post has been updated. And this one has, too.
All You Need To Know About The Democrats…
From the Washington Post today: NEW YORK — Even by his own frenetic standards, the Rev. Al Sharpton has had a busy 12 months…. And now, he is being wooed by the leading Democratic presidential candidates, all of whom seek his endorsement.
“White Guys Have No Rights. And They’d Better Shut Up If They Think They Have”
The title of this post is in quotes because it’s the title of a must-read post by University of San Diego law professor, and newest member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Gail Heriot. In it Prof. Heriot describes the excruciating, but no doubt typical, “training course on sexual and other illegal workplace harassment” [...]
The Press Dog That Didn’t Bark…
A few posts ago (here) I mentioned that Deborah Howell, the Washington Post’s ombudsman, had responded to my complaint about anti-conservative bias in a Lois Romano article. Proving that no good deed goes unpunished, I’ve just sent her the following: Ms. Howell: Thanks again for your prompt reply to my complaint about one of the [...]
What Is A “Race Card,” And Who’s Playing It?
The Washington Post ran an important story yesterday arguing that “Racial Undercurrent Is Seen in Clinton Campaign.” It began: It has unfolded mostly under the radar. But an important development in the 2008 Democratic battle may be the building backlash among African Americans over comments from associates of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton that could be [...]
Disparities
Will Okun, a teacher in a Chicago selective enrollment high school, has an interesting discussion, here, of various “disparities” in the eight such high schools in the Chicago public school system. (HatTip to reader Jian Li) There are, of course, the usual suspect “disparities” in the “representation” of various groups — whites and Asians are [...]
Must Police Be Representative? Whom Do They Represent?
I recently discussed “economic apartheid” in Phildadelphia and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s “diversity” hiring that “overrepresented” some groups and “underrepresented” others. Now comes, thanks to reader Hube, more hiring “representation” malarkey from Pennsylvania. Mark Faziollah, Philadelphia Inquirer staff writer, writes with evident alarm that “Pa. Troopers Ranks Getting Less Diverse.” Blacks, who make up 10% [...]
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