October 2009

John McWhorter on African American Studies

October 7, 2009

John McWhorter, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of such books as Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America and Authentically Black, has written a must-read article on Minding the Campus about the state of so-called African American studies departments. The first African American studies department was created forty years ago. McWhorter questions [...]

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Discriminatory Physical Abilities Tests?

October 7, 2009

The lead investigator on a show I watch is a woman. Although thin-boned and shorter than the men she supervises, she’s a tough gal. She chases down bad guys, who manage to trip at just the right moment, and she pounces on them, slapping on handcuffs. When she does encounter a man she can’t bring [...]

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Colorblindness Redux

October 6, 2009

I had to comment on a HuffPost blog post by David A. Wilson, founder of NBC Universal’s The Grio, a “video-centric news community site devoted to providing African Americans with stories and perspectives that appeal to them but are underrepresented in existing national news outlets,” if for no other reason than to clarify what most [...]

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More Firefighters for Supreme Court

October 1, 2009

The U.S. Supreme will hear another firefighters case, but this one won’t garner nearly as much attention. (Source) Like the New Haven case, the case out of Chicago involves a test. At issue this time around, however, is not the test itself, which was shown to have a disparate impact on blacks. The amount of [...]

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