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Rally for Affirmative Action in Education“We’ve got to rebuild a movement for affirmative action,” said George Washington, an attorney for United for Equality and Affirmative Action Legal Defense...
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Civil Rights Groups “Dropped the Ball” on Affirmative ActionIn their zeal to help the Democratic Party, mainline civil rights organizations have “dropped the ball” on affirmative action, said Donna...
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Blacks Disappearing From California University Campuses“Even at African American Studies classes at UC Berkeley, it is now rare that Black students are a majority of the class,” said Yvette Felarca,...
View ArticleWill Affirmative Action Disappear?
by Dr. Julianne MalveauxAffirmative action’s final fate may soon be decided by a hostile U.S. Supreme Court, yet there are few signs of a major mobilization by those who still support diversity in...
View ArticleWages of White Affirmative Action: Predatory Lending & The Ghetto
by Sikivu HutchinsonWhites are “returning” to South Central Los Angeles, the place they left for the suburbs in federally subsidized waves generations ago. The lure: cheap housing in neighborhoods...
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Big Win for Affirmative Action in EducationAffirmative action advocates believe they have a chance to prevail at the U.S. Supreme Court, following an appeals panel ruling that struck down Michigan’s...
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Wal-Mart’s War on WorkersLast week’s job actions at Wal-Mart facilities around the U.S. are largely a response to cuts imposed on employee hours. “Wal-Mart has been experiencing a squeeze at the sales...
View ArticleDiversity Survives (Barely), But Affirmative Action is Long Dead
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford“Diversity” has been given a tentative reprieve by the U.S. Supreme Court, but affirmative action died 35 years ago. “The journey from affirmative action to ‘diversity’...
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Obama Still Looking for War ExcuseThe Obama administration is “thrashing everywhere to find a new excuse to rev up another war threat,” said Sara Flounders, of UNAC, the United National Anti-War...
View ArticlePublic Enemy or Talented Tenth? The War Against Black Children
by Sikivu HutchinsonBlacks are the scapegoats for America’s failure to keep pace in the world. “For a nation brainwashed into believing the U.S. is an exceptionalist beacon, the underachievement of...
View ArticleThe Field Negroes’ Agenda: Reclamation, Reparations and Repatriation
by Mark P. FancherThe author believes African liberation and the fall of U.S. imperialism can be achieved by triumph of the “Three R’s”: Reclamation, Reparations and Repatriation. In terms of day to...
View ArticleSupreme Court: White Majorities Über Alles
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford“Black folks have no rights that white majorities are bound to respect.” That’s the message from the U.S. Supreme Court, which declared diversity programs an option...
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Philly Throws a Party for MumiaMumia Abu Jamal’s hometown turned out for a day-long celebration of the nation’s best-known political prisoner’s 60th birthday. “This government was hell-bent on killing...
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