Abigail Fisher, the White woman who made a big fuss about the affirmative action program at the University of Texas, lost big at the Supreme Court on Thursday.
The plaintiff, Abigail Noel Fisher, charged the ruling was unfair and that she was a victim of racial discrimination.
CBS Entertainment president Glenn Geller expressed his network’s commitment to diversity during a recent TV critics meeting by offering himself up as the epitome of diversification. Geller was quoted as saying, “I’m diverse, I fall into the LBGT category. I’m just a gay guy from Indiana who doesn’t play basketball. I mentioned my husband earlier, because I want to […]
Tuesday on “NewsOne Now,” guest host TJ Holmes addressed a recent ruling on affirmative action and panelists debated whether or not race-based preference policies should…
(Special to NewsOne) — This week, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in the case of Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action…
UT Chapter Of Young Conservatives, a conservative group held an “affirmative action” bake sale at the University Of Texas, reports KENS 5. RELATED: UC Berkeley…
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is broadening its examination of affirmative action by adding a case about Michigan’s effort to ban consideration of race in…
The most prominent Black foe of affirmative action is being accused of financial mismanagement of donations to his own cause. Ward Connerly, for years the champion of white conservatives and the bane of Black liberals, is alleged to have received excessive compensation on behalf of his American Civil Rights Institute, which is under investigation by […]
BET founder Robert L. Johnson suggests that an answer to Black unemployment would be a requirement for all corporations to consider a Black prospect for all head positions. Johnson’s suggestion was inspired by the NFL’s so-called “Rooney Rule,” a rule that requires teams to interview minority candidates for head coaching and senior operations positions. “The […]
News animation site Next Media Animation added fuel to the fire of a controversial race-based bake sale at UC Berkeley by releasing an animated video that explores the politics of Affirmative Action on Thursday. The video shows an animation of a white student paying attention in class while a Black students is sleeping next to […]
(CHICAGO-Huffington Post) Reverend James Meeks, a Chicago reverend and candidate for mayor was discussing affirmative action on a Chicago radio station, and said that he believed “minority” contracts should go to African-Americans and not other minorities. The Huffington Post reports: “I think that the word ‘minority,’ from our standpoint, should mean African-American,” Meeks said, as […]
Voters in Arizona have approved Proposition 209 which in effect, bans affirmative action. Inside Higher Ed. reports: Arizona voters on Tuesday approved Proposition 107 to ban the consideration of race, ethnicity or gender by units of state government, including public colleges and universities. With 2,075 of 2,239 precincts reporting as of early Wednesday morning, unofficial […]