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Swim Club Discrimination?

September 25, 2009

Back in June, The Valley Club in Pennsylvania turned away a group of 56 black day camp kids (some sources cite 65, which includes Hispanics) who came to use the private club’s swimming pool. The club gave the camp a refund. Naturally, accusations of “racism” flew, especially when some of the children said they heard [...]

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Ricci Reverberations

September 23, 2009

In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of white firefighters and against the city of New Haven in Ricci v DeStefano. The city had thrown out the results of a promotions test because no blacks scored high enough to qualify for promotions. The city claimed that had it certified the test results, it [...]

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Craziest Potential Racial Discrimination Case Ever

September 23, 2009

A white cop was put on desk duty and ordered to stay off the street, because he came to work with braided hair. Although “dozens” of black cops in Philadelphia wear cornrows on the street while on duty, Officer Thomas Strain apparently looked ridiculous enough to warrant action. It should go without saying that if [...]

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Jane Elliott: Diversity Training Pioneer

September 18, 2009

The National League and Policy Center (NLPC) released a 16-page report titled, “The Authoritarian Roots of Corporate Diversity Training,” (PDF) which traces the history of so-called diversity training in corporations. We’re all used to the government using preferences to hire, contract, and admit. The private sector, while not mandated to use preferences, nevertheless is pressured [...]

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West Point’s Diversity Funding

September 9, 2009

Racial diversity as a goal is neither good nor bad. The rightness or wrongness turns on how the goal is achieved. The latest in diversity-seeking news: the U.S. House of Representatives approved $1 million in funding for diversity recruitment at West Point. The school’s “internal goal” falls between 130 to 169 black admittees, but the [...]

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Update on Berkeley’s Race-Based Assignment Plan

September 9, 2009

Does it really require 36 pages to explain that the Berkeley Unified School District’s (BUSD) race-based assignment plan is producing more integrated schools? Apparently. (PDF) The district “integrates” elementary and magnet schools by considering income and education levels of parents and the race and ethnicity of “planning areas.” Berkeley looks at these so-called diversity factors [...]

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Race, Race, Race

September 8, 2009

Let’s just lay it on the line and make it official. Because differences exist between the races, race will always “matter.” This article in Insider Higher Ed is just one more straw on the camel’s back. Michelle Asha Cooper and David A. Longanecker work for education organizations. They, like typical left-leaning types, believe all people [...]

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Skin Deep-Only Diversity

September 3, 2009

Young Brian J. Bolduc of Harvard University gets to the crux of a complaint against leftist America’s odd obsession with diversity: it’s only skin deep. Why not discriminate against left-leaning students to admit more right-leaning students for political diversity? Why not discriminate against atheists and agnostics to admit more Christians for religious diversity? Or Muslims? [...]

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Update on Macon Consent Decree

September 2, 2009

Last month I blogged about the city of Macon’s (Georgia) quest to lift a judicial consent decree, where the city was ordered to hire and promote based on race. In 1976, black officers and firefighters claimed racial discrimination, and a federal court ordered the city to use quotas to hire minorities. In 2000, white police [...]

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Westchester County’s Racial Albatross

September 1, 2009

This article helps me make the case that “Poverty” is a state of mind that can not be undone by government mandate. The commenter on this article hits the proverbial nail on the head. A little background: Under a desegregation agreement, New York’s Westchester County will be compelled to create “low income” (euphemistically referred to as affordable) [...]