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Yesterday, Harvard University and the University of North Carolina were sued over their race-based admissions practices. The complaints (here and here) describe, in detail, the divisive use of race at both universities. One interesting point is the role that euphemisms play in justifying racial preferences. For instance, schools like Harvard gen ...

A community college recently planned a "happy hour" event about diversity.  The college sent an e-mail about the event to all of the college's staff members – and the e-mail explained that white people were not invited. The administration of the college – the South Puget Sound Community College in Washington State – wisely apologized for the e-mai ...

An effort to reinstate affirmative action in California highlights the paradigm shift that is happening with respect to the purposes and effects of affirmative action.  The affirmative-action paradigm is that affirmative action allows universities to admit racial/ethnic minorities over more-deserving Caucasian students – or at least to admit racial ...

The Obama Administration recently sent a warning to the nation's schools to not racially discriminate against students.  The warning came in the form of a "dear colleague" letter, which explains how the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education interpret Titles IV and VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The controversial part of the letter deals w ...