Category Archives: Affirmative Action

The Black Quota At Yale Law School

20080522_197001904theblackquotaatyalelawschoolmacklinfleming From 1969: This exchange of private letters between Macklin Fleming, Justice of the Court of Appeal, State of California at Los Angeles, and Louis Pollak, Dean of the Yale Law School, seems to us to raise important issues affecting … Continue reading

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What About The SAT Score?

News: Montclair, New Jersey: As a New York high school student checked her phone for the results of her university admissions applications, she was overcome by disbelief. One by one, each relayed the same news: Harvard. Yes. Dartmouth. Yes. Princeton. … Continue reading

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Black Countries, Counties, Cities Can’t Maintain Infrastructure

Comments: In DC, management of Metro, DC’s subway system, is considering shutting down sections of the system or even the entire system for 6 months to conduct maintenance. The fact that a major system is facing such monumental maintenance issues … Continue reading

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Affirmative Action Lands in the Air Traffic Control Tower

Jason Riley writes for the WSJ: When a plane starts its final descent, are the passengers more concerned about the competence or about the skin color of the air-traffic controllers on the ground who will help the pilot land safely? … Continue reading

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Indians Fight Over Affirmative Action

Is there any country that has made peace with affirmative action? From the BBC: India’s constitution, adopted in 1950, inaugurated the world’s oldest and farthest-reaching affirmative action programme, guaranteeing scheduled castes and tribes – the most disadvantaged groups in Hinduism’s … Continue reading

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