Diversity

Roger Clegg on Anti-White Bias Study

May 31, 2011

Last week I blogged about a new study by authors Michael I. Norton and Samuel R. Sommers, which purported to show that whites believe “anti-white” bias is on the rise. The New York Times featured experts and commentators who discussed the question, “Is anti-white bias a problem?” The Center for Equal Opportunity’s Roger Clegg wrote [...]

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Richard Kahlenberg on Chace’s ‘Affirmative Action’ Defense

May 31, 2011

William Chace’s defense of “affirmative action in The American Scholar is generating more comments. Chace calls on elite colleges and universities to increase their use of racial preferences, in light of voters barring their states from discriminating against or granting preferences to individuals or groups on the basis of race in employment, contracting, and education. [...]

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Mark Bauerlein on Chace’s ‘Affirmative Action’ Defense

May 27, 2011

Former professor and author William Chace wrote an article for The American Scholar defending “affirmative action” and calling on elite schools to increase their use of racial preferences. He noted that in the public arena, voters are barring their states from discriminating against or granting preferences to individuals or groups on the basis of race [...]

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Wake Co Update: Different Proposals, Same Goal

May 26, 2011

Remember Wake County? Can’t forget about Wake County. The school board scrapped the student assignment plan that sent children to schools outside their neighborhoods for “diversity.” The local NAACP cried foul and called the move a return to Jim Crow. According to Education Week, the school system has proposed two alternatives. Rather than simply allowing [...]

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NLPC: Federal Racial Preferences More Entrenched

May 24, 2011

The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) analyzed a 36-page Congressional Research Service report titled, “Survey of Federal Laws Containing Goals, Set-Asides, Priorities, or Other Preferences Based on Race, Gender, or Ethnicity,” and concluded that racial preferences at the federal level are more entrenched. “Federal law, almost reflexively, now operates on the assumption on racial, [...]

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Is Anti-White Bias a Problem?

May 24, 2011

A new study by authors Michael I. Norton and Samuel R. Sommers purports to show that whites believe anti-white bias is on the rise. The New York Times’ Room for Debate blog features experts and commentators “debating” various issues. In the context of the new report, seven individuals were asked to discuss this question: “Is [...]

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Privatizing ‘Affirmative Action’ Costs

May 10, 2011

Robert Weissberg offers a tongue-in-cheek proposal to reduce the costs of “diversity” and keep colleges and universities honest: auctioning off “affirmative action” seats. An excerpt of his post at the Phi Beta Con blog: The “auction” would work as follows. Schools would announce a limited number of sponsored undergraduate fellows that could be “endowed” by [...]

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Affirmative Action Bake Sale at Texas Tech

May 3, 2011

“Affirmative action” bake sale demonstrations illustrate a very important point, and I support them wholeheartedly, regardless of the inevitable flak. Standing up for what’s right rarely is easy. A conservative group at Texas Tech University recently held a satirical bake sale in which different people were charged different prices based on race and sex. Asian [...]

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Ward Connerly on Cost of ‘Diversity’

May 3, 2011

Ward Connerly, founder and president of the American Civil Rights Institute, said that forcing diversity is an antiquated idea and not something the government should spend precious funds on. “Although these ‘diversity’ offices are often viewed in the context of ‘civil rights,’ their fiscal impact is considerable,” Connerly told TheDC. “As the nation becomes naturally [...]

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Dissenting Voices from the Wilderness

April 19, 2011

Government-sanctioned and –mandated “affirmative action” is deep-rooted, and eradicating it entirely, from every crevice and corner, won’t be easy. The policy’s justifications include rectifying past discrimination, counteracting “institutional racism,” and spreading diversity-love. All the arguments for racial preferences I’ve ever heard or read were inconsistent. For example, if you believe in the concept of equal [...]