TagsTagsIn Oklahoma, Republicans in the House of Representatives have passed a proposed constitutional amendment that eliminates affirmative action in state government, a move that's completely typical for today's GOP, where the bad old racists are coming out of the shadows everywhere. Republican Sally Kern explained the reasoning behind this amendment: ‘Blacks’ ...
Oklahoma, Racism, Republican Party, GOP, Sally Kern, Affirmative Action
Charles Krauthammer on The Meaning of the Ricci Case. The major conundrum of the civil rights age remains. The 14th Amendment bans discrimination on the basis of race. But the Civil Rights Act, which bans “disparate impact” discrimination — procedures (such as exams) that yield racially unbalanced results — affirmatively ...
Krauthammer, Ricci, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Affirmative Action