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Commissioners Peter Kirsanow, Todd Gaziano, Gail Heriot, and Abigail Thernstrom of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights have written the attached letter to President Obama urging him not to implement by executive order provisions of the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization bill, which has never been enacted. The letter argues that such action would be both unwise as policy and unconstitutional.   The Center for Equal Opportunity agrees:   This is an issue on which we have long been active.  This bill is simply an attempt to circumvent the ban on racial preferences by declaring – falsely – that Native Hawaiians are an …

Children in Chicago may soon be back in school, if members of the 26,000-member Chicago Federation of Teachers vote to accept a new contract whose details at this writing are still being finalized. But are there any winners in this confrontation in the nation’s third-largest school district with some 350,000 students? Related posts: Standardized Testing Under Attack … Again The Mismatch Game Preferences in Maryland Higher Education: Racial and Ethnic Preferences in Undergraduate Admissions at Maryland Four-Year Public Colleges and Universities Too Many Asian Americans: Affirmative Discrimination in Elite College Admissions. (Harvard, MIT, Caltech)

As our readers know, the Center for Equal Opportunity has been every involved with urging (successfully) the Supreme Court to hear Fisher v. University of Texas, a case in which the use of racial and ethnic admission preferences in school admissions is challenged.  That case will now be argued next month, and CEO continues to discuss the case and how it ought to be decided.  Last week, I participated in a symposium on the case, published on the influential SCOTUSBlog website.  Below are some excerpts from my contribution, and you can read the whole thing here: Related posts: Diversity Myths …

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney traveled to New Mexico this week in search of the state’s 5 electoral votes, but he has a significant hurdle to overcome. The latest Rasmussen poll numbers in the state show Romney trailing the president by 14 percent. Romney began his campaign in Hobbs, New Mexico, by talking about his energy plan. It’s good politics to talk about energy in the West, where the energy business provides lots of job and economic growth. But Romney’s problem in the state has little to do with energy and much to do with demographics. Romney has, so far, …

Last week the Obama administration filed an amicus briefwith the Supreme Court in Fisher v. University of Texas, supporting the school’s use of racial and ethnic preferences in undergraduate admissions. Related posts: Politicized external review panels as unguided “diversity” missiles: California university administrators remain ultra-slow learners Fisher v. University of Texas Wrap-Up – Whew! 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 Some Advice for University Officials — and Happy Thanksgiving!

Center for Equal Opportunity board member Rosalie Pedalino Porter recently testified before Congress in favor of legislation to make English the nation’s official language.  It earned her a mention in a New York Times editorial, and if the reference was not exactly to praise her, well, consider the source.  Great job, Dr. Porter! 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 Politicized external review panels as unguided “diversity” missiles: California university administrators remain ultra-slow learners HP Mandates Quotas “Diversity” and Other …

As an American, I am proud of Olympic Gold medalist Claressa Shields’ feat in women’s boxing at the Olympics — but as a woman who has suffered traumatic brain injury, I am deeply concerned that her win will encourage other young women to pursue this dangerous, potentially life-altering sport. Related posts: Dissing “Diversity” Does MLB’s New Diversity Fellowship Violate Civil Rights Law? 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 Politicized external review panels as unguided “diversity” missiles: California university administrators remain ultra-slow …

The Justice Department announced last week that it has put an end to racially discriminatory selection practices in an Alabama school district, where two high schools had black slots and nonblack slots for their homecoming queens and Valentine’s Day courts. The Department’s press release complained that the “schools considered race” and had “race-based selection criteria.” The release proudly declares that now, thanks to the Obama administration, the school district “will end the use of race-based election and selection criteria in all student activities.” After all, the release concludes, the Department must enforce “Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of …

The president of the AFL-CIO is worried that President Obama is doing poorly among white, working class, male voters — and he plans on putting 400,000 of his troops in the field in six key states to change the equation. 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 Excluding by Race Politicized external review panels as unguided “diversity” missiles: California university administrators remain ultra-slow learners The Washington Post Hides the Ball

Last week President Obama announced in a speech to the Urban League that he was going to sign an executive order launching a White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African-Americans, to be housed in the Education Department.And, later in the week, he did. Related posts: Did Juan Williams libel LU’s Hans Bader? Disparate Impact Delenda Est Just hire the best qualified! Roger Clegg testifies regarding H.R. 40