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Category Archives: Affirmative Action
What Israel Tells Us About Affirmative Action and Race
Israel is a serious country. It has to be or it will die. America is increasingly a frivolous country. Sigal Alon writes: There is a country with a race-neutral, class-based affirmative action policy that is large enough to study: Israel. … Continue reading
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION QUOTAS TURNING BLACKS INTO FAILURES
Thomas Sowell writes: Among the many sad signs of our time are the current political and media attacks on Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, for speaking the plain truth on a subject where lies have been the norm for years. … Continue reading
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Dr. Patrick Chavis — player in reverse discrimination case
I would prefer to not go to an affirmative action doctor. Washington Post 2002: Patrick Chavis, a former Los Angeles area physician whose medical career was cited by both supporters and opponents of affirmative action as evidence for their case, … Continue reading
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Why “Mismatch” is Relevant in Fisher v. Texas
Richard Sander writes: Affirmative action is before the Supreme Court again this week, as it rehears arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas. (I’ve discussed the legal issues in Fisher here.) But perhaps the most important question about racial preferences … Continue reading
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Affirmative action is working!
Any excuse to jump up and down, scream, and wave your arms. From Breitbart: EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Black Students In Canada Barricade Vice President, Accuse College Of ‘Anti-Black Racism’ A mob of black students at one of Canada’s liberal arts colleges … Continue reading
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The USA As A Communal Apartment
Anatoly Karlin writes: One of the most memorably vivid characterizations of the USSR was as a communal apartment, in which every ethnicity had its own room. Except the majority Russians, who had to make do with the foyer while paying … Continue reading
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Using Affirmative Action To Hire More Black Police Massively Increases Crime & Corruption
How has affirmative action for blacks and latinos worked out in general? Why would any society want competent police in the first place? John Lott writes: Will increasing the number of minority and women police officers make law enforcement more … Continue reading
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Why Would We Want Competent Air Traffic Controllers?
REPORT: Also uncovered was an FAA effort to promote diversity that discarded 3000 qualified college graduates with degrees in air traffic control despite their following FAA procedure and obtaining FAA accredited degrees.
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Acceptance rates at US medical schools in 2014 reveal ongoing discrimination against Asian-Americans and whites
From AEI: Here are some observations based on the new AAMC data: For those applicants to US medical schools last year with average GPAs (3.40 to 3.59) and average MCAT scores (27 to 29), black applicants were 4 times more … Continue reading
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Do You Want Doctors, Pilots And Air Traffic Controllers Benefitting From Affirmative Action?
When I find I unexpectedly have a black doctor, I get nervous because I know that seven out of eight blacks admitted to medical schools in the United States benefit from substantial affirmative action and that their test scores on … Continue reading
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