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Affirmative Action Defined
The giving of preferential treatment to women and minorities in business and education to redress the effects of past discrimination. Affirmative action began in the 1960s; it has benefited hundreds of thousands of minorities and helped in the creation of an African-American middle-class. The number of women in professional and managerial jobs has also increased considerably as a result of affirmative action. However, during the 1990s affirmative action has become a contentious issue. While the bulk of minorities and civil rights leaders still support it, many conservatives claim that it amounts to "reverse discrimination." Supreme Court decisions in 1995 limited the scope of affirmative action programs in business and education. In 1997, California banned preferential treatment for minorities or women in state hiring practices.
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Myron Lowery's bluntness, turbulence and success make him a difficult read
Published July 4, 2009, 10:02 pm, Memphis Commercial Appeal
It's not easy sorting out the many faces of Myron Lowery, the dynamic and complicated incoming interim mayor of Memphis. Soft spoken and even-keeled, he's matured over five terms on the City Council into a leader often turned to when disputes arise.
Star lawyer makes Supreme Court splash
Published July 4, 2009, 6:49 pm, Austin American-Statesman
It's a rare lawyer who can deftly handle the pressure of arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Feminist editor to recall struggle for equality
Published July 4, 2009, 4:36 pm, Madison Eagle
MADISON - Paula Kassell, the founder, editor and driving force behind the national feminist newspaper “New Directions for Women,” will speak about her debut collection of articles from the publication and sign books at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, at the Sages Pages bookstore, located in the Madison Plaza at 300 Main St.
Solutions offered
Published July 4, 2009, 11:49 am, The Hindu
“Empowering and capacity building is the answer and not reservations,” he said, adding that “affirmative action reaches out more than reservations. While reservations might have worked for us in the past, I do not think they are the solution for the future.”
GOVERNMENT
Published July 4, 2009, 11:45 am, The Hindu
POLITICS: Inclusive growth will address affirmative action: Minister New Delhi, July 4 The Minister for Corporate Affairs, Mr Salman Khurshid, on Saturday said that he was not very inclined to mandatory reservation in the private sector.
Africa: President Barack Obama And Global Africa
Published July 4, 2009, 5:27 am, AllAfrica.com
Barack Obama's Africa policy may become more active in a positive sense in the months and years ahead. But on the evidence so far it does seem credible that the African continent itself would have been better off if Hillary Clinton had become President of the United States.
Dr Mahathir: Plan to open up economy wont help
Published July 3, 2009, 7:33 pm, Malaysia Today
(The Malaysian Insider) - Former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has dismissed the efforts of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to liberalise the economy, saying they were “not going...
Brown, white and the writing in between
Published July 3, 2009, 7:06 pm, Manila Bulletin
When Bienvenido Santos wrote his magnum opus such as “America is in the Heart” and “Scent of Apples” in the 50’s and 60’s, the eminent writer introduced us to an America that wasn’t exactly a land of milk and honey, but rather a landscape of loneliness and discrimination.
Will Umno buy Najibs vision?
Published July 3, 2009, 5:47 am, Malaysia Today
Najib disclosed that of the RM54 billion worth of shares sold to Malays from 1985 to 2004, only RM2 billion remain in Malay hands. The rest had been sold. So...
Supreme Court Ruling on Conn. Firefighters May Aid Sotomayor Attackers
Published July 3, 2009, 12:30 am, New America Media
The Supreme Court ruling that white New Haven, Conn., firefighters were discriminated against won't derail Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation as Supreme Court Justice, but it could pay a small dividend to conservative attack dogs in another way, according to author and political analyst, Earl Ofari Hutchinson.
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Tue Jun 30
- Supreme Court Ruling Offers Little Guidance on Hiring - NYTimes.com: NB: piece describes issue of employment discrimination as "explosiv e." BS: nobody has made a major peep about workplace discrimination in at least 4 presidential terms. The question is: why?
Mon Jun 29
- Justices Rule for White Firefighters in Bias Case - NYTimes.com: notice how irrelevant "diversit y" is to this vital issue?
- Justices Rule for White Firefighters in Bias Case - NYTimes.com: Interesting but doesn't tell about the test and why blacks would have sued if the city had let the results stand. how is a firefighting exam racist?
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- #Sotomayor, Affirmative Action: When Racists Call Us Racist
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