Category Archives: Affirmative Action

Race-based affirmative action: accept no substitutes

Posted on April 23, 2004 by Ampersand

Over on Political Animal, the former Calpundit suggests compromising with the right by replacing race-based affirmative action with income-based affirmative action. Kevin means well, but I see two immediate problems with this proposal. First, racism against middle-class blacks, latinas and … Continue reading →

Posted in Affirmative Action, Race, racism and related issues | 38 Comments

Being a leftist is about rewarding merit

Posted on March 3, 2004 by Ampersand

Tommaso at CalJunket articulates something I’ve often thought: Liberalism is based on the idea that merit should be the prime reason for advancement in a society, not luck. Unlike conservobots, who assume that government intervention is the only source of … Continue reading →

Posted in Affirmative Action, Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Economics and the like, Race, racism and related issues | 16 Comments

Conservatives who falsely associate themselves with MLK, are in turn falsely associated with the KKK

Posted on February 23, 2004 by Ampersand

Eugene Volokh points out this article in The University of Michigan student paper, reporting the KKK’s endorsement of the anti-affirmative-action Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI). Receiving support from a group that opposes civil rights has raised questions about MCRI’s commitment … Continue reading →

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MLK Jr: Pro-Zionist and Anti-Affirmative Action?

Posted on January 21, 2004 by Ampersand

I was checking out The View from the Basement, a blog that has rather mysteriously been nominated for a “best new blog” Koufax. (The Koufaxes are for lefty blogs – View From the Basement is a centrist blog, not clearly … Continue reading →

Posted in Affirmative Action, Anti-Semitism, Palestine & Israel | 9 Comments

Prometheus 6 on Reparations

Posted on July 31, 2003 by Ampersand

I unfortunately wasn’t paying attention when Prometheus 6 did a brilliant series of posts discussing reparations. But now he’s sort of collected them all (or collected the links to them all, anyhow), and it’s highly recommended reading. From P6’s introduction: … Continue reading →

Posted in Affirmative Action, Race, racism and related issues | 3 Comments

Blame Affirmative Action!

Posted on May 12, 2003 by Ampersand

Calpundit has a couple of excellent posts about Jayson Blair, the black New York Times reporter who was caught making up stories and plagerizing. Many folks, both in the media and in the blogosphere, have siezed on this story as … Continue reading →

Posted in Affirmative Action, Race, racism and related issues | 45 Comments

Affirmative Action must-reads

Posted on January 18, 2003 by Ampersand

Like most of us, I’ve probably read a hundred blog posts on Affirmative Action in the last couple of weeks. This one, by Jack Balkin (who also has written a terrific post consulting the I Ching for Iraq war advice), … Continue reading →

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Did Martin Luther King oppose Affirmative Action?

Posted on January 6, 2003 by Ampersand

A phrase I read over at Eve Tushnet’s place gave me deja vu: …anti-aff. action people talk about the colorblind ideal, judging people not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Eventually, I remembered … Continue reading →

Posted in Affirmative Action, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Race, racism and related issues, Wendy McElroy | 19 Comments