Linda Chavez moderates panel on Critical Race Theory

Center for Equal OpportunityCulture & Society

From the The Federal Society’s Regulatory and Transparency Project: A new panel discussion on Critical Race Theory. Linda Chavez, Chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity moderates the program and is joined by Peter Wood, President of the National Association of Scholars and author of 1620: A Critical Response to the 1619 Project, and John Agresto, former President of St. John’s College in Santa Fe. Related posts: The Nitty Gritty of Diversity Meaningful Numbers Achieving, or Not, Critical Mass When Academic Achievement Means ‘Acting White’

Fourth of July Fireworks as Supreme Court Sides With CEO

Devon WesthillVoting Rights

Today the Supreme Court of the United States ended its 2020-2021 term by issuing its last two opinions in cases that the Center for Equal Opportunity joined in filing amicus briefs. I am happy to report that in both cases—one involving voting rights and the other privacy for donors to non-profit organizations—the Supreme Court sided with CEO! In the voting rights case, Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, the Court considered both whether an Arizona policy which rejects ballots outside of a voter’s designated precinct violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and whether Arizona’s law which permits only certain persons …

What’s the EEOC So Afraid Of?

Center for Equal OpportunityRacial Preferences

NCLA’s Executive Director and General Counsel, Mark Chenoweth, chats with Devon Westhill, President and General Counsel at Center for Equal Opportunity. Mr. Westhill was recently invited to testify before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on the topic of “Civil Rights Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” As the former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Mr. Westhill was eminently qualified to speak on the most important civil rights issue facing the EEOC: discrimination by employers on the basis of race or sex. Mr. Westhill sent a courtesy copy of …

CEO’s Hot Summer

Rudy GerstenCulture & Society, Keeping Up with CEO

Dear CEO supporters, Summer is officially here and things are heating up at the Center for Equal Opportunity. We’d like you to join the fun as CEO president and general counsel Devon Westhill is headlining this week’s online event sponsored by the New Civil Liberty’s Alliance. The event— titled “What’s the EEOC So Afraid of?“—takes place this Wednesday, June 23, at 4:30 p.m ET and you’re invited. Just click here and sign up, registration is free. More on the Wine & Cheesed series event from the NCLA: “NCLA’s Executive Director and General Counsel, Mark Chenoweth, chats with Devon Westhill, President and …

CEO in the News – 2021

Center for Equal OpportunityCEO in the News

Why would a Democrat President urge SCOTUS to refuse a case about a minority? Lars Larson – 12/15/21 Asians to be considered the same as white people when it’s convenient for the left Lars Larson – 11/15/21 The Myth of White Privilege American Thinker – 10/30/21 Biden officials find racism throughout government, plan ways to promote ‘equity’ Washington Times – 10/24/21 Expert panel discusses voting rights and wrongs Daily Trojan – 10/13/21 Biden Administration Opens Investigation Into Texas’ Mask Mandate Ban In Schools KTSA – 9/22/21 The American Bar Association Goes Woke iHeartRadio – 9/17/21 Back to the Drawing Board …

CEO in the News – 2019/2020

Center for Equal OpportunityCEO in the News

Voters say no to discrimination Laurinburg Exchange – 12/2/20 Biden is set to ‘undo the Trump years’ with civil rights pivot The Straits Times – 11/12/20 THE NEXT FOUR YEARS IN CIVIL RIGHTS Powerline – 11/12/20 Good News from California Indeed National Review – 11/4/20 Linda Chavez on the Future of the Republican Party Wall Street Journal (Subscription required) Coalition Letter Urging Senators To Confirm Amy Coney Barrett IWF – 10/8/20 Campaign Corner: Who Should Vote In OHA Elections? Civil Beat – 10/7/20 The Rise of the Latino Republican National Review- 9/18/20 Affirmative action: Challenge to Harvard’s admissions practices hits …

Keeping Up with CEO

Rudy GerstenCulture & Society, Keeping Up with CEO

Dear CEO supporters, As you head out for Memorial Day weekend barbeques and family get-togethers, we wanted to update you on our recent efforts. It remains clear that many agencies at all levels of government, universities, and other politically correct elites do not share our commitment to colorblind public policy. At the Center for Equal Opportunity, we continue to monitor, expose, and challenge those who stray from this principle. We do so with the political branches at every level of government and in the courts of law. We also devote much of our efforts to the court of public opinion, by …

A conversation on Thomas Sowell

Center for Equal OpportunityCulture & Society

This post originally appeared on the Manhattan Institute Website CEO Chairman Linda Chavez interviews Wall Street Journal columnist and CEO board member Jason Riley on his new biography of Thomas Sowell.  With a career spanning more than a half-century and contributions to fields ranging from economic history and social inequality to political theory, race, and culture, Thomas Sowell is one of the greatest social theorists of our age. His bold and unsentimental assaults on liberal orthodoxy have endeared him to many readers but also enraged fellow intellectuals, the civil-rights establishment, and much of the mainstream media. The result has been …

Canceled at the EEOC (again)

Devon WesthillCulture & Society

Commissioner Janet Dhillon of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) invited me to testify at a hearing on the “Civil Rights Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Then, just days before the April 28th hearing, she disinvited me. Commissioner Dhillon’s invitation to me to participate in the hearing was not altogether surprising. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic I led the civil rights program at the United States Department of Agriculture. I currently head an organization that promotes equal opportunity and antidiscrimination in all facets of American life. Dhillon’s disinvitation of me came as more of a shock. A few …

Calling Sen. Scott ‘Uncle Tim’ Is Black-on-Black Racism

Devon WesthillCulture & Society

Have some respect, black people—if not for Sen. Tim Scott, then for yourselves. The epithet “Uncle Tom” isn’t a slur white people use against black people. It’s used by black people against other black people. Those who dislike black people must, I’m sure, watch such foolishness with glee. It turned my stomach to see “Uncle Tim”—a play on Uncle Tom—trend on Twitter in response to the brilliant speech by Scott, R-S.C., last Wednesday night. Scott delivered the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress. The attacks made me sick, not just because I have faced similar racist attacks myself, …