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 …
Too Many Asian Americans: Affirmative Discrimination in Elite College Admissions. (Harvard, MIT, Caltech)
Last Friday, Students for Fair Admissions filed its motion for summary judgment against Harvard for its admissions discrimination against Asian-American applicants on the basis of race. You can read the motion and the various supporting documents here. Edward Blum, president of the organization, said, “Today’s court filing exposes the startling magnitude of Harvard’s discrimination against Asian-American applicants,” adding that it “definitively proves that Harvard engages in racial balancing, uses race as far more than a ‘plus’ factor, and has no interest in exploring race-neutral alternatives.” He also said, “We believe that the rest of the evidence will be released in the next …
Too Many Asian Americans
AFFIRMATIVE DISCRIMINATION IN ELITE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS A new study by the Center for Equal Opportunity finds that elite schools often discriminate against Asian American applicants. In recent years, Asian Americans applying to elite colleges and universities have asked whether admissions offices fairly treat submissions by students of Asian lineage. Scholars have found that Asian American applicants are less likely to be admitted compared to whites, African Americans, and Hispanics, even when statistically controlling for other variables including social class, gender, and extracurricular activities. It would seem at least possible that Asian American applicants are being discriminated against. …
US v Metcalf
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 …
Terry Eastland
Senior Fellow Eastland is an accomplished journalist who was editor of The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va., before working in the Reagan administration as a speechwriter for Attorney General William French Smith and as director of public affairs for Attorney General Edwin Meese. Eastland was later a resident scholar at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and the editor of Forbes MediaCritic. In 2001, he became publisher of The Weekly Standard and, in 2013, an executive editor. He is now a contributing editor at the magazine.Eastland has published seven books, including two on race preferences, Counting by Race (1979) and Ending Affirmative Action (1996). “The Center has done …
Politicized external review panels as unguided “diversity” missiles: California university administrators remain ultra-slow learners
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, …
CEO welcomes new Senior Fellow Terry Eastland
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday September 5, 2017 CONTACT: Roger Clegg (703) 442-0066 CEO welcomes new Senior Fellow Terry Eastland (Falls Church, VA) The Center for Equal Opportunity today welcomed aboard Terry Eastland as a Senior Fellow. Eastland is an accomplished journalist who was editor of The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va., before working in the Reagan administration as a speechwriter for Attorney General William French Smith and as director of public affairs for Attorney General Edwin Meese. Eastland was later a resident scholar at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and the editor of Forbes MediaCritic. In 2001, …
CEO in the News – 2017/2018
ROGER CLEGG, THE FEDERAL COMMISSION ON SCHOOL SAFETY ISSUED A REPORT THAT RECOMMENDED RESCINDING OBAMA-ERA GUIDANCE.. PT1 WJIM – 12/26/18 Common sense prevails at last on school discipline College Fix – 12/22/18 Trump officials cancel Obama-era policy on school discipline ABC4.com – 12/21/18 2018 Higher Education Highlights Diverse – 12/20/18 CHAVEZ: Congress Could Fix Immigration — If Trump Plays Ball Daily Caller- 12/12/18 Push to end disenfranchisement for N.J. inmates moving ahead WhyY- 11/26/18 RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, HARVARD STYLE PowerLine – 11/19/18 Who deserves the right to vote? Washington Post – 11/15/18 Two Conversations on a Great Divide: Interviews with Gary …
CEO in the News – 2016
What Will The Trump Supreme Court Look Like? Lawful – 12/28/16 University Of Texas Regent Forced To Sue To Get Key Information Embarrassing To Bigwigs Forbes – 12/23/16 Obama Press Conference Draws Attention Away from Controversial Appointments Newsline – 12/19/16 Prison inmates can vote in Maine, and interest this year has been high Bangor Daily News – 11/4/16 Do California parents want bilingual education? Christian Science Monitor – 10/26/16 Virginia makes progress in push to restore voting rights for ex-convicts The Guardian – 10/14/16 Unable to Vote, Ex-Convicts Reach Out, Try to Have Impact on US Election VOA – 10/12/16 …
CEO Praises Justice Department’s Announcement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, August 2, 2017 CONTACT: Roger Clegg (703) 442-0066 CEO Praises Justice Department’s Announcement Affirmative action in college admissions should be examined (Falls Church, VA) The Center for Equal Opportunity praises yesterday’s announcement on affirmative action in college admissions by the Justice Department. It is a welcome and overdue development that the administration will be taking a hard look at schools that insist on weighing skin color and national origin in deciding who gets admitted. Such discrimination is lamentable, although, unfortunately, the Supreme Court has not shut the door on it. However, the Court has made clear that …