Roger Clegg

Roger Clegg on Corporate ‘Diversity’

August 4, 2011

The victory of the civil rights movement was the dismantling of government-mandated and –sponsored discrimination. The non-legal battle was to dismantle stereotypes about blacks and to promote the individual. To be judged by character rather than by race: that’s the ideal to which people strived. In 2011, it’s as though time looped back on itself. [...]

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Roger Clegg on Michigan Preferences Case

July 19, 2011

“A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit this month struck down Michigan’s ban on government discrimination and preference on the basis of race, ethnicity, and sex because, it says, the ban violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. “You can’t make this stuff up, folks. That’s right: The people [...]

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Roger Clegg on ‘Extremely Unpersuasive’ Preferences Rationale

June 8, 2011

Racial preferences proponent Elizabeth Anderson, professor of philosophy and women’s studies at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, seems to understand the double-edged sword of allowing our government the power to make race-based decisions, even if those decisions are designed to benefit racial minorities. She writes in the Chronicle of Higher of Education (emphasis [...]

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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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Roger Clegg on Politically Correct Discrimination

April 19, 2011

A blogger at National Review’s The Corner floated the idea of “Regulation Day,” which would work like “Tax Day,” to remind Americans about the extra cost of government regulations. The Center for Equal Opportunity’s Roger Clegg reminds readers about the burden of specific regulations: the enforcement of so-called civil rights laws. “I’m not talking about [...]

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Roger Clegg: 50 Years of ‘Affirmative Action’

March 8, 2011

The Center for Equal Opportunity’s Roger Clegg wrote an article for the Washington Times about “affirmative action,” how the term came into being, what it meant at the time, and how it’s practiced today. On March 6, 1961 (50 years ago), President John F. Kennedy issued an executive order directing the government to take “affirmative [...]

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Roger Clegg: 50 Years of Preferences Enough

February 1, 2011

Better late than never! The Center for Equal Opportunity’s Roger Clegg wrote a blog post about “affirmative action” on Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday. An excerpt: “This week we celebrated Martin Luther King Day, and if there’s one thing that the Left hates, it’s pointing out that the practice of giving preferences on the basis [...]

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Roger Clegg on Contracting at Philly.com

January 24, 2011

In a post about racial preferences in government contracting, Roger Clegg writes: “The recent controversy over the awarding of a particular contract by the Philadelphia School District raises an obvious question: Why, in 2011, should a government agency be awarding contracts with a preferential eye on race, ethnicity, and sex? And the answer is: It [...]

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Roger Clegg on PC Discrimination

December 21, 2010

The Center for Equal Opportunity’s Roger Clegg responds to a Salt Lake Tribune editorial in support of racial preferences. The final paragraph of the editorial is most telling: “Utah is largely homogeneous, with white men dominating leadership in all areas. They don’t need protection from programs meant simply to give others an equal chance.” Let’s [...]

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Roger Clegg on Wake County Controversy

December 8, 2010

Last month I blogged about the education “controversy” in Wake County, North Carolina. The school board and parents sought to end the district’s busing policy, which sent students to schools outside their neighborhoods to promote “diversity.” Local NAACP’s William Barber, unofficial spokesperson for the opposition, believes sending children to schools in their own neighborhoods is [...]