August 2009

‘To Argue the Essential Weakness of His Own People’

August 5, 2009

Last month, a federal judge ruled that New York City’s Fire Department (FDNY) discriminated against blacks and Hispanics with its recruitment exam. The court contended that paper-and-pencil tests given from 1999 to 2007 unfairly excluded minority recruits. (Source) In plain-speak, it means blacks and Hispanics performed disproportionately poorly on the exam. In 2007, the Department [...]

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More Whites Filing Discrimination Suits

August 5, 2009

It may surprise some people to know that the U.S. Constitution and subsequent civil rights legislation protect every individual, regardless of race or sex. The Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, etc., applies to all citizens. Kansas.com reports that discrimination suits filed by whites are on the rise: “From 1998 [...]

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DeKalb County’s Darker Administration

August 3, 2009

About five years ago, one black and three white current and former DeKalb County, Georgia, employees sued Chief Executive Officer Vernon Jones for racial discrimination. The plaintiffs alleged that Jones fired white employees and replaced them with blacks to reflect the percentage of blacks in the county. Last week, a three-judge panel of the 11th [...]

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Ward Connerly Says…

August 3, 2009

The American Civil Rights Institute‘s Ward Connerly was recently quoted in several news stories. Examples below. Commenting on the Henry Louis Gates story, Connerly said, “We’ve reached a point where white males are saying, ‘We’ve done all that we need to do in terms of treating black people with kid gloves and giving them deference. [...]

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