Showing posts with label Civil Rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Civil Rights. Show all posts
Sunday, July 16, 2023

Heather Mac Donald, When Race Trumps Merit

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At Amazon, Heather Mac Donald, When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives . 
Thursday, June 29, 2023

Supreme Court Strikes Down Race-Based Admissions at Harvard and U.N.C.

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This is really something.  I've got CNN on. There's a bit of a freak-out happening, although I haven't been over to MSNBC yet, ...
Thursday, March 9, 2023

Corporate Diversity Pledges Fizzle Amid Layoffs, GOP Backlash

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Ha! At Bloomberg : Workplace diversity and inclusion efforts adopted in the wake of George Floyd’s murder and ensuing protests are fading as...
Monday, February 6, 2023

Huntington Park Police Shoot and Kill Black Double Amputee Wielding Knife (VIDEO)

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The video is here . At at the Los Angeles Times , " Video shows police fatally shooting double amputee who was holding knife ," an...
Sunday, November 20, 2022

Gail Heriot and Maimon Schwarzchild, eds., How Race Preferences Damage Higher Education

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At  Amazon, Gail Heriot and Maimon Schwarzchild, eds., A Dubious Expediency: How Race Preferences Damage Higher Education .
Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, His Name Is George Floyd

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At Amazon, Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice . 
Monday, July 4, 2022

Bette Midler, Tipping Point

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I don't know if we're tipping or not, though I wouldn't have thought old Bette would be sounding the tocsin. On Twitter: Tipping...
Monday, June 27, 2022

Biden Administration Guts Due-Process Rights for College Students

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From Emily Yoffe, at Bari Weiss's Substack, " Biden's Sex Police ": The White Houses's new regulations will gut due-p...
Sunday, June 19, 2022

James Baldwin on the Dick Cavett Show (VIDEO)

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From the excellent documentary film, " I Am Not Your Negro ."  Happy Juneteenth everybody!
Friday, June 17, 2022

'Afro' Hair Pick Statue to Commemorate Juneteenth Unveiled in Lafayette Square, New Orleans, Louisiana

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This is just dumb. Sorry not sorry.  Juneteenth is this coming Sunday.  #Juneteenth #Shaft #IsaacHayes 🎶🎶🎶 https://t.co/AgGSAelnLx — D...
Saturday, April 16, 2022

Not a 'Kitchen Table Issue,' Jen Psaki? (VIDEO)

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From Abigail Shrier, " Actually, Our Kids Are All We're Thinking About ": Yesterday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki acc...
Saturday, April 2, 2022

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bring Back Scholastic Aptitude Test

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I saw this first at NYT , " M.I.T. Will Again Require SAT and ACT Scores ." Now from Kathryn Paige Harden, at the Atlantic , "...
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Democrats Have Long Perverted MLK's Legacy

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At Pamamas, Stephen Kruiser's " Morning Briefing ."
Friday, January 7, 2022

Groundbreaking Career of Sidney Poitier (VIDEO)

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When I was in elementary school, my dad had me and my sisters sit down and watch 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner." Poitier was BI...
Sunday, December 5, 2021

Mike Gonzalez, BLM

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At Amazon, Mike Gonzalez, BLM: The Making of a New Marxist Revolution .
Wednesday, November 24, 2021

All Three Defendants Convicted of Murder in Ahmaud Arbery Lynching

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Very emotional and uplifting press conference. Spiritual. Grateful for the grace of God. At NYT , " Three Men Found Guilty of Murdering...
Monday, September 27, 2021

The Civil Rights Struggle of 2021

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At FrontPage Magazine, "Mandated vaccines for all is the civil rights issue of our time": The civil rights movement led to the end...
Sunday, August 15, 2021

Andrew Hacker, Two Nations

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At Amazon, Andrew Hacker, Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal .
Monday, July 26, 2021

The Fate of Affirmative Action

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An excellent, in-depth report, from Nicolas Lemann, at New York , " Can Affirmative Action Survive? ": 1. The History In June, 20...

Derrick Bell, And We Are Not Saved

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At Amazon, Derrick Bell, And We Are Not Saved: The Elusive Quest for Racial Justice .