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Original Technorati articles tagged “affirmative action”

• in Business
  Affirmative Action Needed in Media As Well
  The media coverage of the surge in Black killings is a stark reminder that we need affirmative action in Journalism as well.
  by Mozart99 / on Apr 9, 2012
• in Lifestyle
  Where's the Justice For Trayvon Martin?
  The growing injustice to Trayvon Martin & the "Shoot First" law signed by Governor Bush that enables it
  by makingsense / on Mar 22, 2012
• in Politics
  Democrats Want a Primary Challenger to Obama
  Will Any Democrat Challenge Obama?
  by / on Aug 30, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “affirmative action”

 

• Totally Biased: Anything You Want to Say to a White Guy? [VIDEO]

  
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  My man W. Kamau Bell is back on FX for a second season of his show “Totally Biased.” I really dig this cat and the work he puts in as a board member of Applied Research Center — they’re responsible for bringing us the site colorlines.com . Anyway, this week on his show he took to New York City streets to ...
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• Diversity

  
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  Estimating Benefits from University-Level Diversity Barbara Wolfe & Jason Fletcher NBER Working Paper, February 2013 Abstract:One of the continuing areas of controversy surrounding higher education is affirmative action. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Fisher v. Texas, and their ruling may well influence ...
  2 weeks ago

• Spring Preview: Supreme Court Expected to Make Momentous Decisions

  
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    It’s that wonderful time of year again! Flowers are blooming, young love is burgeoning, and the United States Supreme Court is preparing to make several hugely important rulings in the coming months. The Supreme Court’s spring is traditionally the time during which the justices make rulings on the larger cases ...
  2 weeks ago

• New Loan Policy Forcing Students Off Black College Campuses

  
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  This past weekend, President Barack Obama delivered the keynote speech at the commencement ceremony at Ohio State University. In his address, Obama urged the graduating class to take an active role in guiding the future of democracy in the United States; and, to fight for the issues that the they care about. A very ...
  2 weeks ago

• Opinionator | The Great Divide: How Social Networks Drive Black Unemployment

  
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  Favoritism and social connections among whites, not just racial discrimination, hurt blacks in the job market.        
  2 weeks ago

• Affirmative action prisons: More women, whites and Asians needed

  
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  The new criminals WASHINGTON (The Daily Strawberry) – Attorney General Eric Holder launched a new affirmative action programme for the prison sector this morning, aiming to bring in more of underrepresented groups such as women, whites and Asians. “There is a gross imbalance in the penal system today,” Holder ...
  2 weeks ago

• Action in the Affirmative

  
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  Baltimore Puggg was right. WaPo follow-up on the Baltimore Jail scandal : As many as 80 percent of correctional-officer applicants in the central region, which includes Baltimore, do not make it through the background investigation, said Binetti, the corrections spokesman.   Among those who do, women seem to ...
  2 weeks ago

• How Social Networks Drive Black Unemployment

  
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  Favoritism and social connections among whites, not just racial discrimination, hurt blacks in the job market.
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• Clarence Thomas: Obama Approved By The Elites Because He Says What They Expect From A Black Person

  
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  Q: Did you ever expect to see an African American president during your lifetime? THOMAS: Oh yeah, I guess I’ve always thought there would be black coaches, heads of universities -- maybe again as I said I’m naïve but the thing I always knew is that it would have to be a black president who was ...
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• Non-Discrimination Policies Empower Students of Color

  
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  Since first learning about affirmative action in high school, I have often asked white college students if they approve of affirmative action. The most common response I have received is an ambiguous answer: The students usually support the idea of affirmative action but not the way it is practiced. I have also ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Resource Costs of UW-Madison Diversity Programs: A Response

  
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  This morning, Emeritus Professor of Economics Lee Hansen released a WISCAPE paper about the "resource costs of minority and disadvantaged student programs at UW-Madison" and in about an hour he will host a brownbag on the topic in the Wisconsin Idea Room at the School of Education.   I am on a flight to LA and thus ...
  2 weeks ago

• Hospitals May Be OFCCP-Covered Subcontractors

  
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  The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) has a long history of attempting to assert jurisdiction over hospitals.  A recent federal court ruling confirms that, despite some recent victories for hospital employers in this area, hospitals may indeed find themselves subject to OFCCP jurisdiction. ...
  3 weeks ago

• The People, Power And Politicians

  
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  No matter the government style, the seat of power really rests with the people – the population. Wise governments and politicians ought to know that and maybe they do. The smarter and wiser the people – the better behaved must be the government. Some governments strive to make and keep their population’s ...
  3 weeks ago

• Affirmative Action Applied to the Justice System to Correct Racial Bias

  
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  Affirmative Action policies and programs have been widely adopted and embraced globally as a means “to promote actions that achieve non-discrimination.” The outcomes and benefits of affirmative action are only seen over longer periods of time, and the implementation isn’t always precise. Yet, the overall ...
  4 weeks ago

• If race is to be taken into account, what kind of percentage of a particular race must an individual possess?

  
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  The oral argument in the Supreme Court today was about the federal Indian Child Welfare Act. Under the state courts interpretation, said [Paul Clement, representing the guardian ad litem appointed by the state court to determine the childs best interest], ICWA moves the inquiry away from the childs best interests to ...
  4 weeks ago

• JSC race, merit debate must not bring judiciary into disrepute

  
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  As SA matures, South Africans must take time to reflect on the foundation they’re erecting their democracy on. Such introspection demands asking tough and uncomfortable questions. They cannot be answered based only on politics, knowledge or experience. The answers will require foresight and a vision of a future (and ...
  5 weeks ago

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