Reverse Discrimination

Trayvon Martin and Racial Tensions Among College-Age Millennials

Robert P. Jones, Ph.D. | Posted 04.24.2012

Robert P. Jones, Ph.D.

Contrary to the conventional wisdom that racial friction exists primarily among older Americans, a new survey shows that the Millennial generation is also marked by complex racial tensions.

Why We Are Having a REAL Affirmative Action Bake Sale At Fordham

Mark Naison | Posted 12.06.2011

Mark Naison

As I know from both my own research and from personal experience, preferences given recruited athletes and children of alumni are far more powerful than those given underrepresented minorities and affect a far larger number of students.

Fox News Viewers: Discrimination Against Whites Is As Big A Problem

Mother Jones | Posted 11.07.2011

Two-thirds of viewers who say Fox News is the news source they trust most believe discrimination against whites is as big a problem as discrimination ...

Are Ohio's Black and Latino Students Buoyed by a System of Preferences? Not Hardly

Andrew Grant-Thomas, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Andrew Grant-Thomas, Ph.D.

This is not a simple story about racial discrimination, much less a simplistic one about uncaring teachers and principals.

Sen. Jim Webb and the Myth of Race vs. Class in America

Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Sophia A. Nelson

The events of the last weeks have reminded us all once again that race in black and white is still America's greatest unhealed wound. As it pertains to black people, race and class simply cannot be separated.

Reverse Discrimination Ruling Will Cause Confusion, Lawyers Say

AP | DAVE COLLINS | Posted 05.25.2011

HARTFORD, Conn. — The Supreme Court ruling in favor of white New Haven firefighters who said they were victims of reverse discrimination will pr...

Redefining Bias in the 21st Century

Mitchell Kapor | Posted 05.25.2011

Mitchell Kapor

If we truly want to promote our society as a level playing field, then we must become more adept at differentiating between what actually is earned versus what is a matter of circumstance.

Affirmative Action Hit on Sotomayor Aimed to Send Message

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The anti-affirmative action hit against Sotomoyor is more than an attempt by the conservative hawks to derail her confirmation. The goal is to chill her on the court and batter affirmative action.