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The economic downturn is allowing Malaysia's leader to chip away at an affirmative action program for Malay Muslims that has been considered virtually untouchable in the past.
President Barack Obama said Thursday the Supreme Court is "moving the ball" to limit affirmative action, but he stressed that its ruling in favor of white firefighters still allows employers and educators to take race into account in hiring, promotions and admissions.
In a March 29 story about the ethnic media, The Associated Press misreported the name of the organization headed by David Lee. Lee is executive director of the Chinese American Voters Education Committee, not Chinese for Affirmative Action.
Colorado voters became the first in the nation to reject a ban on state affirmative action programs, narrowly defeating a measure that California businessman Ward Connerly has helped pass in four other states.
At Southeast Community College, Jose J. Soto may have to change his title: vice president of affirmative action.
Nebraska voters have approved a ban on government-sponsored affirmative action.
University of Colorado freshman Darian Salehy loves college life so far — except for one thing.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Tuesday that African-Americans are better served by colorblind programs than affirmative action.
Supporters of a proposal to ban affirmative action in Arizona said Friday they were abandoning a lawsuit aimed at getting the measure on the Nov. 4 ballot.
With one brief criticism of affirmative action, John McCain has brought new attention to ballot issues aimed at dismantling preferential treatment programs for women and minorities.
Presidential candidate John McCain on Sunday endorsed a proposal to ban affirmative action programs in his home state, a policy that Democratic rival Barack Obama called a disappointing embrace of divisive tactics.
Barack Obama's political success might claim an unintended victim: affirmative action, a much-debated policy he supports.
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday that challenged a Michigan law banning racial and gender preferences in government hiring and public university admissions.
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that three Michigan universities should not have been given a six-month extension to comply with parts of a new state law banning some public affirmative action programs.
Jennifer Gratz was turned away from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1995. The white high school honor student suspects she would have been admitted if she were black or Hispanic.
A ballot measure that would scrap many of Michigan's affirmative action programs is running about even in a new poll published Monday, with 41 percent of likely voters saying they would approve it and 43 percent opposed.
India's government threatened Tuesday to fire hundreds of government doctors striking to protest an affirmative action plan for low-caste Hindus and said replacements would prop up crippled medical services.
I heard a very heated debate a couple nights ago on talk radio about affirmative action and whether or not it is still needed.
Overrepresentation of Blacks in the Federal WorkforceAccording to OPM's FY 2006 report, all 23 independent federal agencies exceeded their racial quotas for hiring blacks by dozens or even hundreds of percent.
Court Win for Affirmative ActionThe decision by Judge Sam Sparks strongly upheld the admissions policies at the University of Texas at Austin as consistent with the Supreme Court ruling -- and rejected the argument that Texas had failed to meet the tests set out by the Supreme Court.
The ghost of Lee Atwater is back as the Conservative movement tries to tear the country apartexcerpt: ""It has taken a real crisis to combat the very successful campaign strategy that Atwater championed to win George H.W. Bush the White House in '88. The same techniques that Karl Rove mastered and implemented in beating McCain and then Gore in 2000 and Kerry in 2004.
Quinn: Gates "has got the same racial chip on his shoulder as the guy that claims to be the President"This is a clip from "The War Room with Quinn & Rose" Jim Quinn slings some racial mud for anyone that will listen to him. An example: "The alleged President Obama couldn't resist....he is a community organizer that is all he is."
Video: What Every White Person Should Know.This guy basically throws PC aside as he lays it all out and says it how it really is.
I watched MSNBC's crazy Uncle Pat Buchanan have a mental breakdown, last night, right before my eyes. I thought we had turned the corner and where heading downhill on race in America, but crazy Uncle Pat has just changed my mind.
President Obama tells black Americans the time for excuses is over: take responsibility for yourselves, be good parentsPresident Obama delivered a fiery sermon to black America on Thursday night, warning black parents that they must accept their own responsibilities by "putting away the Xbox and putting our kids to bed at a reasonable hour," and telling black children that growing up poor is …
Condoleezza Rice vists Sacramento, bestows awards"Our national myth is the log cabin," Rice said. "That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things." That's what has brought immigrants to this country for years, she said. "We've got to keep welcoming these people," Rice said.
The Evasions and Misstatements of Sonia Sotomayor. July 15, 2009 - by Jennifer RubinShe also testified that her speech was intended to be instructive about the need to put bias aside. But that was hardly what she had said. Instead, she told the audience in 2001:
PostPartisan - Firefighters' Case Shouldn't Haunt SotomayorWe should be celebrating Judge Sotomayor, only someone that sees intellect and wisdom in George W. Bush could view this woman as less than qualified.
The Supreme Court's recent Ricci, et al. v. DeStefano, et al. decision has major implications for the future in terms of affirmative action.
Powell Defends Sotomayor Ruling Against White FirefightersExcerpt: ""Colin Powell, one of the nation's most prominent African-Americans, is going after people who attacked Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor because of her stand in favor of affirmative action.
Juan Williams tries to be a Conservative and Bernie Goldberg has a plan on Affirmative Action: White Liberals, give up your jobsexcerpt: ""Bill O'Reilly never has liberals fill in for him when he takes a vacation, so I was surprised to see Juan Williams in the anchor chair Wednesday night.
Time to get rid of Affirmative ActionThe defenders of the old racial order, led by Ginsburg, objected sternly, declaring that the white firemen "had no vested right to promotion." Of course they didn't, but they did have a vested right to fairness, to not being denied promotion because of their skin color.
African Americans Again Shut Out Of Hannity's Discussion Of Affirmative Action CaseIn April, Hannity presented an "investigation" into the case that similarly excluded the civil rights perspective and also included reporter Ainsley Earhardt's freely shared opinions in favor of the firefighters and against the City of New Haven's decision to throw out t …
Sotomayor and the Politics of Affirmative ActionNothing gets the right wing's panties in a bunch more than a hyper-qualified person of color. And if that person happens to have a vagina...? Fuggedaboutit.
SCOTUS rules in favor of white New Haven firefighters in reversing Sotomayor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. city of New Haven, Connecticut violated the law by throwing out a promotion exam after it yielded too many qualified white applicants and no acceptable black candidates, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a major civil rights decision.
How Do We Defeat Racism and Discrimination Once and For All?We haven't heard a lot lately about discrimination in the job market. Perhaps the economic crisis has pushed it into the background.
Sotomayor: Exposed on tape; Rulings come to light, Affirmative Action BabyMr. Obama says that "no one could question" Ms. Sotomayor's intellect since she was second in her class at Princeton and served as the editor of the Yale Law Review.
This article is In response to John Russel's Article Should Whites be Responsible for Minority Mediocrity
I was reading an article about the Sotomayor nomination, by Shelby Steele , yesterday, and something he wrote struck a nerve in me concerning my own support for affirmative action.
Shelby Steele : Sotomayor Nomination Shows Obama's Bad Faith Toward AmericaThe Sotomayor nomination commits the cardinal sin of identity politics: It seeks to elevate people more for the political currency of their gender and ethnicity than for their individual merit.
In 1857, a letter regarding undue deference to Hindu idol-worship was published in the city of Allahabad, India.
America's View Of Race Is A Mess, And A Mean And Nast Mess At Thatwhat criterion constitutes race itself nowadays, when almost every family has someone who is half-Hispanic, a quarter-Asian, one-half black, or part Pakistani? What percentage of one's lineage ensures purity of race, or qualifies for minority status? Are California Hispanics mi …
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