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Hunt vs. Dolezal (Updated)
In my “Who Turned the Crazy Machine Up to 11” post last Friday, I noted the breaking stories of Rachel Dolezal, the race-hustling Social Justice Warrior of Spokane, and Tim Hunt, the University of...
View Article“. . . She’s Laura Linney White!”
The good folks at Comedy Central did not disappoint in their handling of the Rachel Dolezal scandal. Jon Stewart strives mightily to turn it into an attack on Fox News, but unconvincingly. The far...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal: The Silver Lining
A reader writes, expanding on a point that I made here: Maybe there is a silver lining to the Rachel Dolezal / Sen. Elizabeth Warren race frauds. If racial identity and gender identity have become...
View ArticleSupreme Court finds disparate impact claims cognizable in housing cases
The Supreme Court has just affirmed the Fifth Circuit’s ruling that the Fair Housing Act allows lawsuits based on disparate impact – that is, an allegation that a law or practice has a discriminatory...
View ArticleIn housing case, Justice Kennedy’s eyes are wide shut
I wrote here about yesterday’s decision by the Supreme Court in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project. By a 5-4 vote, with Justice Kennedy writing for...
View ArticleRacial disparities confound Washington Post
In separate articles, today’s Washington Post takes up two racial disparities revealed by recent studies. The first pertains to “degree selection.” Danielle Douglas-Gabriel reports: African-American...
View ArticleWhy aren’t there more black scientists?
It sounds like a trick question. Indeed, it sounds like a variant of the question that sent the sheriffs of political correctness out to take then Harvard president Lawrence Summers into custody. Gail...
View ArticleYale president apologizes to minority students for failing to make them feel...
In the aftermath of the absurd controversy over the potential for offensive Halloween costumes at Yale, president Peter Salovey reportedly has apologized to a large group of minority students for the...
View ArticleDoes “mismatch” help explain militant black fragility?
How should we explain the fact that black student militancy is now manifesting itself in the disruption of campus libraries and demands for postponement of exams? Here’s one plausible explanation:...
View ArticleHow’s that river shaping up for you?
In his article about the troubles at his alma mater, my Princeton alumnus friend noted the role of William Bowen, Provost from 1967 to 1972 and President from 1972 to 1988. Not content with screwing up...
View ArticleFisher in Wonderland
Today’s oral argument before the Supreme Court in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin had an Alice in Wonderland quality to it. But I suppose that became inevitable when the Court granted...
View ArticleScalia and the MSM — a mismatch [UPDATED]
Yesterday, during the oral argument in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, Justice Scalia raised the issue of “mismatch.” This is the phenomenon, identified by scholars Richard Sander (along with...
View ArticlePreferences for the poor?
For almost a quarter of a century, Richard Kahlenberg of the Century Foundation has been arguing that race-based college admissions policies should be replaced by preferential admissions for students...
View Article“Mismatch”— a taboo subject for the MSM
When Justice Scalia raised the issue of “mismatch” during oral argument in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the mainstream media acted as if a stink bomb had exploded in the courtroom. Can it...
View Article“Mismatch”: Six notes
I want to add six notes to Paul Mirengoff’s posts on Justice Scalia’s reference to the phenomenon of “mismatch” created by “affirmative action” in higher education. Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor,...
View ArticleDiversity: Seven notes
Scott’s six notes on “mismatch” add a much needed clarity to the discussion of race-based preferential admissions to college. I want to add seven notes on the concept of diversity, which Scott...
View ArticleThe chasm between law and anarchy
Ruth Marcus asks: “Will the Supreme Court add to campus turmoil?” That’s the title of her op-ed and also her concluding thought, which she addresses specifically to Justice Kennedy. Consider this the...
View ArticleThe spreading virus: Oberlin edition: UPDATE (Is this for real?)
A reader draws our attention to the 14-page set of demands served by Oberlin College’s Black Student Union (ABASUA) on the college’s trustees, officers, “and all other appropriate Governing Bodies.”...
View ArticleOminibus bill rewards Department of Education overreach
On Friday, the House will vote on the year-end omnibus spending bill, formally known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016. As Heritage Action says, the bill should have been an opportunity...
View ArticleTrump piles on Scalia; supports racial preferences
I had missed this story, but catching up with NR’s Bench Memos today I learned from Carrie Severino that Donald Trump joined in the criticism of Justice Scalia’s pertinent questioning during oral...
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