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	<title>American Civil Rights Institute Blog &#187; MCRI</title>
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	<description>&#34;Race has no place in American Life or Law&#34;</description>
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		<title>Judges Strike Down Michigan&#8217;s Ban on Racial Preferences</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2011/07/05/judges-strike-down-michigans-ban-on-racial-preferences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five years ago, Michigan voters made a wise decision. Fifty-eight percent of them approved Proposal 2, a measure that barred the state from discriminating against or granting preferences to  individuals or groups in employment, contracting, and education, based on factors like race and sex. During those five years, pro-preferences groups have challenged the law, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan School District Violates State Law</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2010/09/07/michigan-school-district-violates-state-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although Michigan voters barred their state from discriminating against or granting preferences to individuals or groups based on race in government employment, contracting, and education, Plymouth-Canton Community Schools in Plymouth, Michigan, is doing exactly that. (Source) &#8220;During the past school year, minority staff comprised less than 3 percent of the faculty, while nearly a quarter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit School District Tries to Circumvent State Law</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2010/07/06/detroit-school-district-tries-to-circumvent-state-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2006, 58 percent of Michigan voters barred the state from discriminating against or granting preferences to individuals or groups in government employment, contracting, and education. A school district in Detroit seeks to circumvent the law and hire teachers and administrators based on race. (Source) The Plymouth-Canton Community Schools &#8220;urges&#8221; schools to look for cues [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Western Michigan U&#8217;s Race-Neutral Scholarship Program</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2010/06/15/western-michigan-us-race-neutral-scholarship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2010/06/15/western-michigan-us-race-neutral-scholarship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 7, 2006, 58 percent of Michigan voters chose to bar the state from granting preferences to or discriminating against individuals or groups in government employment, contracting, and education. Western Michigan University (WMU) has gotten the message. The school&#8217;s Incentive Scholarship Program was once Hispanic-only; now it&#8217;s open to all students, regardless of race. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan Civil Rights Initiative Chair on Blacks-Only Field Trip</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2010/05/19/michigan-civil-rights-initiative-chair-on-blacks-only-field-trip/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2010/05/19/michigan-civil-rights-initiative-chair-on-blacks-only-field-trip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 16:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I blogged about an ill-advised blacks-only field trip that was part of an Ann Arbor elementary school&#8217;s blacks-only &#8220;Lunch Bunch&#8221; program, since disbanded. After a group of black students visited a black &#8220;rocket scientist,&#8221; parents complained. Principal Mike Madison said he didn&#8217;t intend to segregate or exclude others; he wanted to &#8220;address the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BAMN Challenges MCRI&#8230;Again</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2009/11/17/bamn-challenges-mcriagain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2009/11/17/bamn-challenges-mcriagain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI), the sixth circuit court of appeals is hearing arguments today in Cincinnati in suits filed by the pro-racial preferences group By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) and its allies challenging the MCRI. In 2006, 58 percent of voters passed MCRI (as Proposal 2), which barred Michigan from discriminating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foul in Flint: Jury Says City Discriminated Against White Officer</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2009/08/14/foul-in-flint-jury-says-city-discriminated-against-white-officer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michigan Live reports that a jury found race was a factor when the former mayor appointed four black men and one woman (bypassing typical promotion procedures) to a special unit. A white officer sued, and a jury awarded him $131,000 in damages. Plaintiff&#8217;s attorney Glen Lenhoff said, &#8220;We feel it&#8217;s wrong when [a black American] [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan College May Be Violating the Law</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/02/michigan-college-may-be-violating-the-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/02/michigan-college-may-be-violating-the-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read an article this morning titled &#8220;Diversity Grows.&#8221; It sounded promising: &#8220;Michigan&#8217;s ban on affirmative action has hurt minority recruiting at some colleges, but Saginaw Valley State University isn&#8217;t among them…By using focused recruiting and special scholarships as tools, SVSU has increased its share of under-represented minorities &#8212; blacks, Hispanics and American Indians &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Michigan Department of Transportation Breaking the Law?</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/01/is-the-michigan-department-of-transportation-breaking-the-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/10/01/is-the-michigan-department-of-transportation-breaking-the-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2006, 58 percent of Michigan voters chose to bar their state government from preferring members of one group over another based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin. Despite several challenges, the constitutional amendment still stands. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is a state government entity, which means it falls under the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missouri State U Seeks to &#8216;Promote Ethnic Diversity&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/09/22/missouri-state-u-seeks-to-promote-ethnic-diversity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.acri.org/blog/2008/09/22/missouri-state-u-seeks-to-promote-ethnic-diversity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lbarber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Nietzel, president of Missouri State University, released his annual campus report for 2008, and one of his proposals is to &#8220;promote ethnic diversity&#8221; on campus. (Source) Ethnic diversity is not an unworthy goal, but when efforts to increase diversity involve discriminating against one ethnic group in favor of another (and lowering standards for one [...]]]></description>
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