Affirmative Action

Fighting for Brown v. Board of Education on Its 58th Anniversary

Doug Kendall | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, 14th Amendment, Equal Protection, Brown v. Board of Education, Affirmative Action, Politics News

The conservative majority on the Roberts Court is weaponizing Brown vs. Board of Education to attack the very civil rights statutes that are essential for moving the 14th Amendment's guarantee of equal protection toward fruition.

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Affirmative Action Advances Racial Equality in Education

TCU 360 | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: California Affirmative Action, Affirmative Action Supreme Court, Supreme Court Affirmative Action, Obama Affirmative Action, Affirmative Action, College News

If one is not able to recognize his or her own privilege, then they will always carry this ignorant perception that all a person needs in this society to succeed is a strong work ethic and intelligence.

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Status, Not Race, Should Be Basis of Affirmative Action

The Badger Herald | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: University of Wisconsin, Ut, University of Texas, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Affirmative Action, Politics News

While I believe that society may be far along enough to leave race in and of itself behind, I feel that rather than ending affirmative action, it should be adjusted to better fit the realities of society.

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Affirmed

Sam Koppelman | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Affirmative Action, Trayvon Martin, Obama Affirmative Action, Race-Unemployment, Black Unemployment, Race and Class, Teen News

I want the Supreme Court to keep affirmative action in place, regardless of whether or not, on the surface, my position seems to be against my own self-interest.

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Why I Tell My Multiracial Children To ALWAYS Check The 'Latino' Box

Allena Tapia | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Kids and Ethnicity, Multiracial Children, Affirmative Action, Multiracial Kids Standardized Tests, Kids and Race, Parents-Kids, Hispanic Children, Multiracial Kids, Latino Children, Parents-Moms, Latino Box, Ethnicity and Applications, Parents News

Am I saying that because I'm white, my children are somehow "smarter than" or more academically gifted than their fully Latino peers? Nope. Instead, what I am doing here is admitting to the cultural capital I have, as a white person who is navigating a system (college entry, or etc.) made by other white people for other white people.

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Court Upholds Affirmative Action Ban

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 04.02.2012

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LOS ANGELES — Affirmative action proponents took a hit Monday as a federal appeals court panel upheld California's ban on using race, ethnicity ...

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The Fate of Diversity in College Is Being Tested

Voto Latino | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: University of Texas, Fisher v. Texas, Affirmative Action, Latino Politics, Latino Voices News

. Although I do not believe race should be a large part of a students' application, I do believe that it is important to consider it in a university application since diversity on a college campus is essential in cultivating a culturally conscious and informed student body.

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The Roberts Court's 2011-12 Term: Is the Roberts Court Really a Court?

Jamin Raskin | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Affordable Care Act, Immigration, Obamacare, Labor Unions, Health Care, Affirmative Action, Politics News

In a Court of logic and precedent, a Court without aversion to the channels of popular democracy, the challenge to Obamacare would be a total non-starter. But here we are again, waiting to see whether the Court will follow the path of justice or the path of power.

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A Tribute to My Warrior Brother, John A. Payton

Laura W. Murphy | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Gay Mcdougall, Affirmative Action, Naacp, Civil Rights, John-Payton, Bv-Politics, Black Voices News

I'm incredibly saddened by the passing of John A. Payton, head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF). Our nation has lost a brilliant warrior for justice, and I've lost a dear friend and colleague in the movement.

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Why Sarah Palin Thinks Barack Obama Wants to Undo the Civil War

Andy Horowitz | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Racism, Civil War, Harvard University, Affirmative Action, Barack Obama, Derrick Bell, Sarah Palin, Palin Obama, Palin-Civil-War, Sarah Palin Obama, Politics News

It doesn't take too much historical insight to come up with reasons that America's first black president would not want to bring back the days of slavery, so it's worth considering the reasons why Palin might make such a bizarre statement.

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Don’t Let The Supreme Court Fool You: Diversity On Campus Is Important

Kyle Anderson | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, College Admissions, Faith on Campus, Fischer v. University of Texas, Race in America, Affirmative Action, Campus Diversity, Interfaith Youth Core, Bv-Politics, Religion News

If research consistently shows that a diverse environment in higher education is essential for student development, and the government sponsors a task force on this same subject, then why is the Supreme Court sending a contradictory message?

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The Future of Affirmative Action: Justice Kennedy Is the Key

Stephen Menendian | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: University of Texas, Higher Education, Anthony Kennedy, Affirmative Action, Justice Anthony Kennedy, Politics News

It seems likely that the Court in Fisher, in a 5-3 decision (since Kagan will not have a vote), will strike down the use of race in admissions currently employed by the University of Texas for failing the narrowly tailoring requirement.

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Increasing Diversity Through Intellectual Entrepreneurship

Dr. Rick Cherwitz | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: University of Texas, Intellectual Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, Affirmative Action, Diversity, Graduate School, College News

Entrepreneurial learning begins with students' curiosities and goals driving their lives, challenging them to own and be accountable for their educational choices and intellectual development.

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The Minority Report: UC Schools Face Their Biggest Challenge Yet

| Posted 04.25.2012

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Erica Perez More than a decade after California law banned race-conscious admissions, ...

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Why We Value Diversity

Michael Roth | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Fisher vs. The University of Texas, Affirmative Action, Ideo, Affirmative Action Supreme Court, Colleges Diversity, Supreme Court Affirmative Action, Universities Diversity, College News

As the Supreme Court considers Fisher vs. the University of Texas, it is crucial that the justices continue to allow universities to consider race and ethnicity within a holistic admissions process that aims to create a student body that maximizes learning.

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Constitution Check: Is Affirmative Action in College Admissions Doomed?

Lyle Denniston | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: John G. Roberts, Sandra Day O?Connor, Lee Bollinger, Grutter v. Bollinger, William H. Rehnquist, Affirmative Action, Fisher v. University of Texas, College News

It will be months, maybe not until next year, before the nation will know whether the foreboding of Columbia University's President Lee Bollinger about the fate of affirmative action in college admissions is well founded.

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High Court Revisiting Flashpoint Issue

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 04.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Affirmative action is heading back to the Supreme Court, and this time its prospects for survival are poorer than ever. The Court ann...

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Linsanity Backlash: The Racial Asterisk

Peter S. Goodman | Posted 04.15.2012

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Linsanity may now be considered a bona fide cultural moment, if for no other reason than the response it has provoked: It has generated its very own b...

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Court Considers Lifting 15-Year-Old Ban

AP | TERENCE CHEA | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Proposition 209, College Admissions, Video, University of California, Affirmative Action, Prop 209, College Admissions Race, Affirmative Action California, Affirmative Action Ban, California Affirmative Action Ban, Politics News

SAN FRANCISCO — Backers of affirmative action asked a federal appeals court Monday to overturn California's 15-year-old ban on considering race ...

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Racial Discrimination Can't Be Solved by Fighting Poverty

Elaine Gross | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Racism, Bankruptcy, Chapter 13, Racial Steering, Racial Discrimination, Affirmative Action, Chapter 7, New York News

Many people would agree that disparate treatment based on race is wrong, but how can we try to remedy the situation when so few people are willing to create policies and practices that explicitly address such forms of structural racism?

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Shooting the Messenger: Arizona and the Ban On Ethnic Studies

John Riofrio | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Ethnic Studies, Education, Race, Latino Politics, Arizona Immigration Law, Arizona, Arizona Ethnic Studies Ban, Affirmative Action, Politics News

The misguided decision to ban ethnic studies turns truth into criminal behavior. It recasts Latinos and communities of color as outsiders, blaming them for their struggles in our flawed educational system.

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Black Students At Duke University Protest Recent Study

AP | MARTHA WAGGONER | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Black Students Duke University, Duke University, Duke University Study, Black Students Duke, Black Students, Affirmative Action, North Carolina, Black Voices News

RALEIGH, N.C. — An unpublished study by Duke University researchers that says black students are more likely to switch to less difficult majors ...

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The Trouble With Title IX And Quotas

Sabrina Schaeffer | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Women's Sports, Sports, Quotas, Women and Sports, James Madison University, College Sports, American Association of Women, Affirmative Action, Title IX, Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, Secretary Duncan, Women News

The problem with anti-discrimination legislation like Title IX is not with its intentions. The trouble is that the goal posts keep moving

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White Women: The Sponsors Women of Color Must Have in the 21st Century

Trudy Bourgeois | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: White Women, Women, Professional Women, Women of Color, Sponsorship, Sponsor, Women in the Workplace, Affirmative Action, Working Women, Female Executives, Business News

Women simply must learn how to support other women across ALL ethnicities. This is THE way we WILL raise a collective voice of demand for eliminating the glass ceiling once and for all.

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I'm Just A Person

Charissa Newkirk | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Black, Martin Luther King Day, Racial Stereotypes, Race, Diversity, Affirmative Action, High School News

When I fill out a college application, they will never know that I sing in the shower and used to play with Harry Potter Legos. What will they see? I'm a girl. I'm smart. And I'm black.

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