Obama, Race and the Presidency
Ari Melber : Racism & Discrimination
Barack Obama's historic victory in Iowa comes at a crucial time for a nation still grappling with how remedies to offset racism affect America's power structure.
2007
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Judging Thomas
A close look at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reveals a deeply conservative and increasingly bitter man.
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Playing With Numbers
The Bush Administration's Civil Rights Commission would like us to believe that affirmative action harms black students by placing them in situations where they can't keep up.
2006
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Prop 209: Ten Long Years
Ten years after its passage, California's Prop 209 has had a devastating impact on diversity in higher education.
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Show Him the Money
Diversity can be cringe-making, arbitrary, insincere and sappy. But take it away and you won't get more equality--you'll only get more privilege.
2005
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Alito's CAP Connection
Samuel Alito once boasted he was a member of Concerned Alumni of Princeton, which opposed bemoaned the impact of co-education and affirmative action. What does this say about his character and the kind of place he would like America to be?
2003
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Diversity Over Justice
It is a sign of the times that it required an appeal to the demands of globalization to persuade the Court to uphold affirmative action.
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Assault on Diversity
On April 1 the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on whether to ban race as a factor in university admissions.
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The 'Quota' Smokescreen
Lani Guinier : Higher Education
The Administration's strategy is to "quotify" any aspect of a college admissions process that dares to notice race.
This week: A look at the advocacy group MoveOn.org at 10. Plus: Controversy in Africa over the indictment of the Sudanese President; Amy Alexander and Chris Rabb on the challenges facing minority journalists in their transition to the web; and The Nation's new sex column. (13mb mp3)
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