Proof of Color, Please?

Roger CleggUncategorized

Our friend Jennifer Gratz—of Gratz v. Bollinger, the Supreme Court case that struck down racially preferential undergrad admissions at the University of Michigan in 2003—passed along to usthis interesting news story from Detroit.  It’s about one Jerome Morgan, who is being asked by the city to prove he is black and, therefore, truly eligible for a contract preference that allegedly the mayor would rather give to someone else for political reasons. 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 …

Obama Fails on Human Rights

Linda ChavezUncategorized

The Obama administration’s record on human rights, never strong, just got a whole lot worse. This week’s dramatic saga of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng’s escape from house arrest in Shandong province to safety inside the U.S. Embassy to the embassy’s role in handing him over to Chinese authorities is a disgraceful tale. Once again, the Obama administration has chosen to put human rights violations on the back burner, as it has nearly every time it has been asked for help, whether from Iranian protesters in 2009 or Syrian freedom fighters today. Related posts: TESTIMONY OF ROGER CLEGG, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL …

For once, the New York Times is right!

Roger CleggRacial Preferences

Earlier this year, the New York Times ran an editorial titled, “The Affirmative Action War Goes On.”  Well, for once it’s right:  That war does continue. Related posts: Update on the Struggle against Universities’ Affirmative Discrimination Fisher v. University of Texas Wrap-Up – Whew! Good Briefs in the Harvard Case BAMN! The Center for Equal Opportunity Zaps Racial Preferences

Rubio’s Lifeline

Linda ChavezImmigration

Marco Rubio has thrown the GOP a lifeline; let’s see whether his fellow party members are willing to grab it. The freshman U.S. senator from Florida has been a hard-line foe to illegal immigrants, both in his home state and since his election to Congress, but now he is considering drafting a new “DREAM Act,” which would offer legal status to illegal immigrants who were brought to the United States as children. Related posts: Five Mistakes Some Conservatives Are Making on Immigration Policy The Immigration Impasse TESTIMONY OF ROGER CLEGG, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL, CENTER FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BEFORE THE …

Discriminating Eye

Roger CleggRacial Preferences

There was a dubious Associated Press story over the weekend about how California public universities are having to struggle to achieve “diversity”—defined as a student body that reflects the general population of the state—since Proposition 209 banned racial preferences in admissions there in 1996.  (Center for Equal Opportunity studies documenting discrimination there helped pass that initiative, btw.) Related posts: Diversity Myths The Mismatch Game Fisher v. University of Texas Wrap-Up – Whew! Did Juan Williams libel LU’s Hans Bader?

Romney Should Show He’s a Leader, and Here’s How

Linda ChavezUncategorized

If Mitt Romney is to have any chance of beating President Barack Obama in November, he must win a larger share of the Hispanic vote than current polls suggest he will. And he won’t unless he solves his immigration problem. It’s a problem of his own making. He decided that beating up on illegal immigrants would boost his popularity among those suspicious that he was really a moderate Republican. In doing so, he injected an issue into the campaign that had largely fizzled — and for good reason. Illegal immigration is down to historical lows — primarily because the U.S. …

CEO Testifies Before Congress on Racial Profiling

CEO StaffUncategorized

Testimony of Roger Clegg, President and General Counsel,  Center for Equal Opportunity Before the Senate  Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights Regarding “Ending Racial Profiling in America” – April 17, 2012 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building Introduction Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for the opportunity to testify this morning before the Subcommittee. 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 focus is on public policy issues …

Feminists Limit Women’s Choices

Linda ChavezUncategorized

Not since Hillary Clinton’s infamous remark during the 1992 presidential campaign — “I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas” — has a prominent Democratic woman so insulted full-time homemakers. Speaking on CNN Wednesday, Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen said that Ann Romney has “never worked a day in her life” and, therefore, can’t understand the struggles of most women. Rather than apologize for sticking her thumb in the eyes of millions of American homemakers, Rosen doubled down when critics responded. “This isn’t about whether Ann Romney or I or other women of some means can …

Politically Correct Bean-Counters Everywhere

Roger CleggUncategorized

Despite the overwhelming consensus among Americans that it is wrong to discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, and sex, we see it all the time—in the name of political correctness. And we see it in the government at all levels and in the private sector. Here are just a few examples from recent news stories. Related posts: California Keeps Its Ban on Racial Preferences 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 …

Americans by Any Name

Linda ChavezImmigration

A new report from the Pew Hispanic Center says a lot about the assimilation of the nation’s largest minority group — both good and bad. Hispanics — those 50 million people who trace their ancestry to a Spanish-speaking country — have become both more numerous and more diverse in the past 40 years. In 1970, Hispanics were primarily U.S.-born Mexican-Americans and Puerto Ricans — who are U.S. citizens, whether born in Puerto Rico or on the mainland. But the adult population of Hispanics today is almost equally divided between those who were born in the U.S., 48 percent, and those …