Diversity’s False Solace The New York Times April 11, 2004 By WALTER BENN MICHAELS The university where I have taught for the last three years — the University of Illinois, […]
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Tag: Affirmative Action and Diversity
Racial Identity in Balance
Racial Identity in Balance The Chronicle of Higher Education by Naomi J. Miller Speaking as a multiracial faculty member, I know that many of the regular invitations that I receive […]
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The Quota Quandary
The Quota Quandary The United States is not the only country struggling with affirmative action in university admissions 2/13/04 Chronicle of Higher Education By BETH McMURTRIE Largely unnoticed by those […]
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Free Speech and the “Race” Game
King Posters Rile Some at Neb. School DiversityInc. Officials disciplined students who papered their nearly all-white high school with posters advocating a white student from South Africa for the school’s […]
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Dean’s blunt talk about race
“Everybody tends to hire people like themselves.” Neither Dean nor Jackson understands that who we consider “like ourselves” changes based on different situations and where we are in certain periods […]
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Racial Identity in Balance
This author doesn’t realize that the “diversity” industry she admires cannot accept her family’s multiracial identity because it is based on the myth that everyone in the U.S. can easily […]
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Twisted history
Twisted history by Thomas Sowell TownHall.com December 17, 2003 One of the reasons our children do not measure up academically to children in other countries is that so much time […]
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City to hire 6 rejected white firefighters
City to hire 6 rejected white firefighters Hiring follows challenge to affirmative action plan By Andrea Estes, Globe Staff | January 3, 2004 The Boston Fire Department has agreed to […]
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Hidden race bias ‘drains brain’
Hidden race bias ‘drains brain’ BBC News November 17, 2003 The effort of trying not to appear racist can be mentally draining – even for people who are not consciously […]
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Affirmative Action Battle Moves to Lansing
Published December 3, 2003 Affirmative action battle moves to Lansing BY DAWSON BELL FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER LANSING — The fractious debate over affirmative action in Michigan is to resume […]
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