Racial Preferences in Education
CIR Urges Court To End Michigan Prop. 2 Challenge, February 6, 2008, Center for Individual Rights
Federal judge will decide if people of Michigan had the right to end race preferences.
Bans on Affirmative Action Help Asian Americans, Not Whites, Report Says, February 1, 2008, Chronicle of Higher Education
White enrollment declines slightly, Asian enrollment increases.
Race and Gender Preferences at the Crossroads, January 2, 2008, California Association of Scholars
January 19 conference to highlight damage done by preferences.
One of L.A.’s First Magnet Schools Shows What the Court Battle Was All About., December 13, 2007, Los Angeles Times
In “successful” LA magnet school, Hispancs and blacks still behind whites and Asians.
Judge Rules Race-Based Admissions in LA School District OK, December 13, 2007, AP
Discrimination is all right when it’s court-ordered.
UC Admissions: Slouching Toward Affirmative Action?, November 8, 2007, Sacramento Bee
New standards “enlarge the pool” of candidates.
Alumni Assoc. to Give Aid to Minorities, October 25, 2007, Michigan Daily (University of Michigan)
Scholarships are intended to circumvent voters’ wishes.
Justice Says Law Degree ‘Worth 15 Cents’, October 22, 2007, AP
Supreme Court justice: Race preferences devalue degrees.
5 More States May Curb Use of Race in Hiring and Admissions, October 15, 2007, Chronicle of Higher Education
Backlash against illegal immigration may help ballot measures against race-based admissions.
College Admissions, Let’s Not Break The Law, October 9, 2007, Minding the Campus
UCLA wants “to do that which the United States Supreme Court forbids.”
Does Affirmative Action Hurt Minorities?, September 27, 2007, Los Angeles Times
Yes.
State’s Schools Rank Second In Racial Change, September 4, 2007, Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul)
Students in all-white schools are “living in racial isolation.”
Yale Says New Class Most Diverse Ever, August 2, 2007, AP
Forty percent freshman are non-white.
Panel Says City’s Integration Strategy Will Withstand Federal Ruling, August 1, 2007, Berkeley (California) Daily Planet
Berkeley’s “race-neutral” policy uses geography instead of racial preferences.
Fewer Students To Receive HOPE Money Because Of How Grades Are Calculated, July 31, 2007, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Standards for scholarship tightened; fewer non-whites qualify.
Students, Schools Fear End Of Racial Diversity, July 25, 2007, Reuters
Schools “scramble” to find ways to keep racial preferences.
Chat Transcripts (Unedited): "US Supreme Court and Desegregation", July 13, 2007, Diverse Education
Webcast discussion of how to continue “racial desegration” despite Court rulings.
Forced Busing’s Cheerleaders, July 3, 2007, FrontPageMagazine.com
Without forced integration, say liberals, black students receive an inferior education.
Connerly Declares Supreme Court Decision ‘Glorious Victory’, June 29, 2007, American Civil Rights Institute
Ward Connerly: “Era of race preferences is quickly coming to an end.”
Now and Then: Minorities and Michigan, June 19, 2007, Higher Education
Once racial preferences are ended, fewer black students get admitted to top-tier schools.
State Accused Of Inflating Exit Exam Data, May 8, 2007, Los Angeles Times
Thousands of California students may be dropping out to avoid failing high school exit exam.
Panel Tells Mich. How To Bypass Prop 2, March 9, 2007, Detroit News
Michigan Civil Rights Commission determined to keep discriminating against whites.
Ward Connerly to Campaign for Affirmative Action Ban, December 14, 2006, San Francisco Chronicle
Where are the white anti-affirmative action crusaders?
Rejected Applicant Alleges Bias Against Asians, November 14, 2006, Daily Princetonian
Admissions policy designed to discriminate against whites also discriminates against Asians.
Precedents And Preferences: What California’s Prop 209 Foretells For Michigan., November 3, 2006, National Review
Higher graduation rates for blacks—and other “overlooked” benefits.
‘Apolitical’ Coaches Take Harmful Political Stance, November 3, 2006, Petoskey News-Review (Petoskey, Mich.)
Why basketball coaches want to keep race preferences in Michigan.
Race-Colored Classes: The University Of Michigan Badly Needs MCRI., October 31, 2006, National Review
Student says campus is “consumed in a conflagration” over “diversity.”
University Of California Weighs Its Options In Challenging Affirmative Action Ban, October 31, 2006, McClatchy-Tribune Information Services
UC president says changing demographics will lead to overturning race-preference ban.
Ban Affirmative Action? Michigan Voters Say ‘No,’ New Poll Shows, October 19, 2006, DiversityInc.com
Count the fallacies in this defense of racial preferences.
Race Quotas ‘Needed To End Divide In Schools’, October 12, 2006, Times (UK)
British leader says integration necessary “to prevent the rise of the far Right.”
More Minority Students Part Of UW’s Spike In Enrollment, October 10, 2006, Seattle Times
“Holistic” admissions policy circumvents state ban on race preferences.
State Committee Eyes Affirmative Action, October 6, 2006, LaCrosse Tribune (Wisc.)
“Expert” tells Wisc. committee white male veterans gain most from “affirmative action.”
VOTE YES: Affirmative Action Is Bad For State’s Business Climate, True Equality, October 3, 2006, Detroit Free Press
Both sides of the preferences debate.
Affirmative Action In India Flips Caste Roles, September 27, 2006, Washington Times
Protests and strikes as India’s upper-castes lose jobs and college slots.
What The Polls Aren’t Telling Us: Experts Say Support For MCRI Is Likely Underestimated, September 20, 2006, Michigan Daily
Voters are reluctant to tell pollsters what they really think about race.
Justice O’Connor’s Deadline, September 19, 2006, InsideHigherEd.com
Higher black incomes will not mean better grades in school.
Opposition To Affirmative Action Ban Softens, September 18, 2006, Detroit News
Opponents of racial preferences in Michigan are gaining ground.
Blaming Whitey, September 13, 2006, National Post
“Whiteness studies”—eternal guilt for whites, eternal victimhood for non-whites.
Affirmative Action Remains On Mich. Ballot, September 12, 2006, UPI
Opponents of MCRI lose last-ditch effort to keep initiative off the ballot.
Some Balk At Tuition Boost For Diversity, September 12, 2006, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Even students who support racial diversity “don’t want to pay more for it.”
Voters Not Sold On Push To End Affirmative Action—2 Months Before Election, Only 41% Support Proposal, September 7, 2006, WZZM13.com
Opponents still trying to remove anti-race preference initiative from ballot.
Blacks May Gain As UCLA Moves To Alter Admissions, September 7, 2006, Los Angeles Times
University officials look for ways to circumvent state ban on race preferences.
Affirmative Action Ban Isn’t Black And White, September 7, 2006, Detroit Free Press
Californians adjust to life without racial preferences.
Brazil Separates Into Black And White, September 5, 2006, Los Angeles Times
Mixed-race people now want preferences once reserved for full-blooded blacks.
By Any Means Necessary: A Federal Judge Plays Politics In Michigan., August 31, 2006, Wall Street Journal
Federal judge rules MCRI can remain on ballot, but insists petitioners deceived the public.
At UC, Race Must Matter, August 28, 2006, Los Angeles Times
Without race preferences, university missing “critical mass” of black students.
Drop in Minorities at UC to Be Studied, July 20, 2006, Los Angeles Times
University officials desperate to get around state ban on racial preferences.
Michigan’s Affirmative Action Initiative Boils Over, June 30, 2006, NewsMax.com
Attacks against anti-racial preference ballot initiative may be taking a toll.
Affirmative Damage, June 27, 2006, National Review Online
Racial preferences: A black is 100 times more likely than a white with same grades to be admitted.
My New Contribution To Educational Racism, June 26, 2006, Townhall.com
UNC Professor will show absurdity of race preferences by his “classroom civility policy.”