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TESTIMONY OF ROGER CLEGG, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL, CENTER FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY   BEFORE THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS   REGARDING THE PROPOSED EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT   MARCH 16, 2015   Introduction Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Roger Clegg, and I am president and general counsel of the Center for Equal Opportunity, a nonprofit research and educational organization that is based in Falls Church, Virginia. Our chairman is Linda Chavez, and our principal focus is on public policy issues that involve race and ethnicity, such as civil rights, bilingual …

IDENTITY AND INTEREST OF AMICUS CURIAE The Center for Equal Opportunity (“CEO”) is a research and educational organization formed pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and devoted to issues of race and ethnicity.1 Its fundamental vision is straightforward: America has always been a multiethnic and multiracial nation, and it is becoming even more so. This makes it imperative that our national policies not divide our people according to skin color and national origin. Rather, these policies should emphasize and nurture the principles that unify us. E pluribus unum . . . out of many, one. These principles …

By Stuart H. Hurlbert Professor of Biology Emeritus, San Diego State University, San Diego CA, Contact: hurlbert@mail.sdsu.edu Distinctions by race are so evil, so arbitrary and insidious that a state bound to defend the equal protection of the laws must not allow them in any public sphere. – Thurgood MarshallLead Attorney in Brown vs. Board of Education, Supreme Court of the United States, 1954 [It] is neither race nor racism that bedevils American society, but rather that racial classification enjoys a privileged status in social studies. American society is being tied in painful knots by virtue of legislative, social scientific, …

In light of the Obama administration’s 2016 proposal to add new racial and ethnic categories to the Census form, we are posting CEO president Roger Clegg’s 2002 testimony to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights regarding racial and ethnic data collection by government agencies. Related posts: TESTIMONY OF ROGER CLEGG, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL, CENTER FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT Roger Clegg testifies regarding H.R. 40 Americans Overwhelmingly Reject Racial Preferences in Admissions Politicized external review panels as unguided “diversity” missiles: California university administrators remain ultra-slow learners

Testimony of CEO president and general counsel Roger Clegg before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights regarding “Minority Access to Higher Education” Related posts: TESTIMONY OF ROGER CLEGG, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL, CENTER FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT Testimony of CEO president and general counsel Roger Clegg before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights regarding “Minority Access to Higher Education” Minority Access to Higher Education Roger Clegg testifies regarding H.R. 40

Racial and Ethnic Preferences in Admission to the University of Utah College of Law Related posts: Politicized external review panels as unguided “diversity” missiles: California university administrators remain ultra-slow learners The Multi-Front War against Racial Admission Preferences Keeping an Eye on College Admission Officers Update on the Struggle against Universities’ Affirmative Discrimination

Racial and Ethnic Admission Preferences at the University of Oklahoma Admissions Related posts: Racial Discrimination Found in University of Oklahoma Admissions Washington University Complaint 2019 Update on the Struggle against Universities’ Affirmative Discrimination The Multi-Front War against Racial Admission Preferences

Amicus Brief: Northwest Austin District One v. Holder Related posts: Our Amicus Brief in a Felon Voting Case The Nitty Gritty of Diversity Brnovich Amicus Brief For once, the New York Times is right!