California’s Sorry-for-Slavery Sweepstakes Now Has a Jackpot of $223,200

Center for Equal OpportunityReparations, Uncategorized

This article originally appeared on Newsweek.com by Anthony Pericolo Pretty soon, Californians may log into Ancestry.com to see if they won a prize of $223,200. A new bill signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom is seeking ways to pay out reparations for slavery to Americans descended from slaves. But even if you’re white, you should check Ancestry.com to see if you are a descendant of American slaves; “experts” have expressed “concern” that “the current language of the eligibility criteria might open the door for individuals identifying as white… if they prove descendence.” This absurd situation came about after the murder of George Floyd …

Happy New Year from CEO

Rudy GerstenKeeping Up with CEO, Uncategorized

Dear friends, Happy New Year from the Center for Equal Opportunity! 2022 was CEO’s 27th year fighting for colorblind equal opportunity and nondiscrimination in America. And while much of D.C. was on break for the holidays, December was one of our busiest months. Here’s our latest: TESTIFYING BEFORE CONGRESS CEO staff often present expert testimony on issues of race and ethnicity before local, state, and federal executive and legislative bodies. In December, CEO president and general counsel Devon Westhill was invited to testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. The hearing was titled: Fairness in …

Keeping up with CEO

Rudy GerstenKeeping Up with CEO, Uncategorized

Dear CEO supporters, The Center for Equal Opportunity isn’t taking a break during the D.C. doldrums and we want to bring you up to date on our recent and upcoming activities. July turned out to be another busy—and successful—month in CEO’s more than a quarter-of-a-century fight to defend the core principle of equality under law. CEO CIVIL RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP BEGINS Tomorrow, we welcome to D.C. a dozen CEO Civil Rights fellows from some of the top law schools in the country for a week of activities and training. They’ll get instruction at a series of seminars with some of the …

An Open Letter Denouncing the Attacks on Justice Clarence Thomas

Center for Equal OpportunityUncategorized

This article originally appeared on RealClearPolitics. White progressives do not have the moral authority to excommunicate a black man from his race because they disagree with him. And those – regardless of background – who join in the charade or remain silent are guilty of enabling this abuse. We, the undersigned, condemn the barrage of racist, vicious, and ugly personal attacks that we are witnessing on Clarence Thomas – a sitting Supreme Court justice. Whether it is calling him a racist slur, an “Uncle Tom” or questioning his “blackness” over his jurisprudence, the disparagement of this man, of his faith …

CEO has moved!

Devon WesthillUncategorized

Dear friends, We’ve moved! I am so pleased to update you on yet another big CEO development. As a result of our continued growth, to be closer to the fight for a colorblind America in our nation’s capital, and to be next door to our allies, we have moved into Washington, D.C. after a 20-year stretch in nearby Northern Virginia.  Effective today, our offices are now located at historic Canal Square: 1054 31st Street NWSuite 330Washington, D.C. 20007Main phone number: 202-886-2000 I ask that you please update our information in your records and contact us anytime at our new location. We look forward to working together from our new …

CEO Selects Inaugural Class of Civil Rights Fellows

Center for Equal OpportunityAbout CEOUSA, Uncategorized

Dear friends, It is with great pleasure that we introduce to you the inaugural class of CEO civil rights fellows. Between Tuesday, August 9 and Friday, August 12, 2022, fellows will participate in an intensive seminar-style program in Washington, D.C. This fellowship will be a first-of-its-kind program within which fellows will receive instruction and training in civil rights caselaw, enforcement practices, and public policy. For example, fellows will learn the history of passage of major civil rights laws, become familiar with major Supreme Court decisions in this area, and learn about current controversies surrounding civil rights law and enforcement. The …

Support CEO on #GivingTuesday

Linda ChavezUncategorized

Dear CEO friends and allies, As you may already know, today is “Giving Tuesday.” The Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) is the only organization in America dedicated to fighting against race-based public policy 24/7, and we are enjoying one of our busiest years yet. But before I ask for your continued support, I wanted to share with you just a few highlights of our most recent work. Critical Race Theory. Once an obscure academic endeavor, CRT has burst into national mainstream consciousness. CEO has joined the fierce resistance to CRT’s tenet of race conscious equity of outcome by debating the …

The Systemic Racism Trap

Linda ChavezCulture & Society, Uncategorized

by Linda Chavez, CEO Chairman Is America a deeply racist society, whose very institutions perpetuate the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow? Unfortunately, to answer “No” — even a qualified “No” — is becoming harder by the day. Since the horrific killing of George Floyd, millions have taken to the streets to protest not just police violence but to insist that systemic racism infects everything, everywhere in the lives of African Americans and others of color. If blacks and Hispanics are disproportionately more likely than whites to be shot by police, live in poverty, have higher unemployment rates, or die …

Unbiased Research on Race Becoming Taboo

CEO StaffCulture & Society, Uncategorized

By Hans Bader It is now dangerous for an academic to conduct or even discuss research that shows an absence of racial bias in the criminal justice system. An Asian-American college official was forced to resign his position after discussing such research, as The College Fix reports in the article, “Scholar forced to resign over study that found police shootings not biased against blacks.” As it notes: Michigan State University leaders have successfully pressured Stephen Hsu to resign from his position as vice president of research…The main thrust to oust Hsu came because the professor touted Michigan State research that found police …