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Affirmative Action "Creates More Racial Injustice"

In a debate about race preferences in general and the current U.S. Supreme Court case of Fisher v. UT-Austin in particular, Project 21 co-chairman Horace Coo...

Nas presents The Firm - Affirmative Action

Classic NY Shit. The Firm's debut track, shame that they broke up.

Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 09: "ARGUING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION"

PART ONE: ARGUING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PART TWO: WHAT'S THE PURPOSE? Part 1 Sandel describes the 1996 court case of a white woman named Cheryl Hopwood who was ...

White Privilege, Race Today, and Affirmative Action - Tim Wise at the University of Chicago

Filmed May 6, 2013 at Mandel Hall, University of Chicago.

Real Time with Bill Maher (10/5/12) "Affirmative Action" Will Cain vs. Kerry Washington

Kerry Washington explains to Will Cain the relevance of affirmative action in relationship to how the United States prides it's self on diversity and inclusi...

Barack Obama's views on AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

"In his own words: Barack Obama describes his views toward ETHICS. Also get answers to your questions on dozens of OTHER TOPICS (What Obama would do?, Why Ob...

Thomas Sowell - Affirmative Action

Thomas Sowell dives into an issue of race, culture and politics. http://www.LibertyPen.com.

Thomas Sowell - The Incentives Of Affirmative Action

Professor Sowell explains the dynamics of affirmative action to Tony Brown. http://www.LibertyPen.com.

Affirmative Action explained

A liberal is questioned about her support for affirmative action. She answers. Not well, but she does answer. Watch more conversations with a liberal at: htt...

Affirmative Action Gone Wild? - AZ To Hire Minority Lifeguards Who 'Can't Swim' - Wake Up America

Lowering The Lifeguard Bar - Minorities Recruited Despite Swimming Ability! Affirmative Action Gone Wild? - AZ To Hire Minority Lifeguards Who 'Can't Swim' -...

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American Civil Liberties Union News and Information (blog)
Fri, 24 May 2013 07:37:38 -0700

At age four, my family moved for "better" schools from Detroit to a suburb just north of 18 Mile Road. Remember the movie 8 Mile, the story of Eminem's emergence from Detroit's suburban borderline? 18 mile road is 10 miles north, but 100 times whiter.
 
American Civil Liberties Union News and Information (blog)
Thu, 23 May 2013 08:32:23 -0700

As the Supreme Court takes up affirmative action once again, the word "diversity" has found its way into many legal briefs. For me, it is not an abstract concept. If today I am a supportive colleague, a successful civil rights lawyer, a good citizen in ...
 
Business Insider
Mon, 20 May 2013 09:20:17 -0700

The main goals of affirmative action are to compensate for past discrimination and to bring different perspectives to college campuses. While giving preference to black immigrants accomplishes the second goal, some argue it doesn't necessarily ...
 
New York Times
Mon, 13 May 2013 15:32:00 -0700

The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon in a case involving the University of Texas on the use of race and ethnicity in college and university admissions nationwide. California, Florida, Michigan and Washington have already outlawed affirmative ...
 
Brookings Institution
Mon, 20 May 2013 07:54:00 -0700

Author's note: the following review of the book Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students Its Intended to Help and Why Universities Won't Admit It by Richard H Sander and Stuart Taylor, Jr. was commissioned by Leon Wieseltier of the New Republic ...
 
WBUR
Tue, 21 May 2013 02:55:50 -0700

The traditional argument against need-based affirmative action — that it will decimate the ranks of racial minorities on campus — ain't necessarily so. California voters ended race-based breaks at state schools almost 20 years ago. Latino enrollment ...
 
Inside Higher Ed
Wed, 15 May 2013 00:09:58 -0700

But a study that will be published this summer in the Harvard Law & Policy Review suggests that class-based affirmative action could yield more spots not only for students from low-income backgrounds, but also for underrepresented minority students ...
 
New York Times (blog)
Fri, 17 May 2013 03:49:26 -0700

RIO DE JANEIRO — While the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether American universities should take account of race when they admit new students, Brazil is implementing what are arguably the most radical affirmative action measures for universities in ...
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