American Civil Rights Institute Blog

Liberals Intolerant of Racial Neutrality

October 20, 2011

Liberals just can’t tolerate a race-neutral government, arguably the best and least intrusive way to keep racial discrimination at bay. But we racial preferences opponents commended Governor Jerry Brown earlier this month for vetoing SB 185, a bill that would have restored racial preferences in California. State Senator Ed Hernandez introduced the bill earlier this [...]

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Roger Clegg Debates Larry Church at UWM

October 18, 2011

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Using Race Without Explicitly Using Race

October 18, 2011

One of the reasons I oppose racial preferences is the implication that but for factoring race into the admissions equation, blacks would disappear from colleges, or that blacks wouldn’t have opportunities unless the decision-maker considers their skin color. I reject the implication and the practice, and I believe blacks can achieve without racial considerations. Racial [...]

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John McWhorter on the Berkeley Bake Sale

October 13, 2011

The Manhattan Institute’s John McWhorter has spoken out against what he considers a sub-cultural strain of anti-intellectualism among blacks. He also contended that some blacks, no matter how successful or untouched by racial discrimination, have an urge to keep “whitey on the hook,” to never let white people forget historical grievances. In a piece for [...]

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PLE Sues State for Prop 209 Violation

October 12, 2011

Despite a voter-approved law that bars the government from discriminating against or granting preferences to individuals or groups on the basis of race in employment, contracting, and education, the California Citizens Redistricting Commission is doing just that to select members. An excerpt: “The statute governing selection of Commission members requires, among other things, that members [...]

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Jerry Brown Does the Right Thing

October 11, 2011

Color me a dark shade of stunned. On Saturday, Governor Jerry Brown vetoed SB 185, a bill that sought to bring back racial preferences in violation of California’s constitution. From the editorial board of students at Berkeley’s Daily Californian: “Because Proposition 209 was an initiative passed by citizens, it is therefore the duty of the [...]

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LA Times on ‘Back Door’ Racial Preferences

October 11, 2011

Every now and then, the Los Angeles Time’s editorial board gets it right. A few years ago, the paper commented on Richard Sander’s attempt to obtain historical data on past bar exams from the California Committee of Bar Examiners. The bar and the court denied his request, citing privacy concerns. The Los Angeles Times wrote: [...]

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Ward Connerly in the Wall Street Journal

October 5, 2011

“Few government policies have had the reach, immortality and consequences of affirmative action. A policy that could be justified at its start, affirmative action has now become yesterday’s solution to yesterday’s problem. Yet it endures as if nothing has happened in the past 50 years. “There is an interracial man—although self-identified ‘African-American’—occupying the White House, [...]

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On Jerry Brown’s Desk

October 4, 2011

Will he or won’t he? California’s governor, Jerry Brown, is consider whether to sign into law a bill that would allow the California State University and the University of California systems to consider race when deciding to admit or deny students admission. Brown supports lowered standards for certain racial minorities in the name of diversity, [...]

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‘Affirmative Action’ Waiting Game

October 4, 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court could decide, once and for all, whether the government can continuing treating individuals differently based on race. From CNN: COLLEGE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality by Any Means Necessary v. Regents of the University of Michigan; Fisher v. University of Texas [...]