(BCN editor’s note: This is the first of two Thomas Sowell columns for Wednesday.) Opponents of charter schools have claimed …
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In the medical profession, there is the admonition primum non nocere, the Latin expression for “first, do no harm.” In …
Read More »Rejected Applicants Sue Harvard and UNC for Racial Discrimination
Thanks to our U.S. Supreme Court, which found a previously unknown right of privacy in the U.S. Constitution for women …
Read More »Discriminating Against College Applicants in a ‘Careful Way’
I didn’t watch Barack Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, but my liberal co-workers did. They were …
Read More »Deneen Borelli and Jennifer Gratz on Racial Preferences
How did I miss this gem? Dynamic duo Deneen Borelli and Jennifer Gratz (of Gratz v. Bollinger) talk to John …
Read More »College Students Set To Earn Grades Based On Their Skin Color
Affirmative action policies that provide preferential treatment for minorities in college admissions has attracted significant criticism by those who believe …
Read More »Court Upholds Racial Preferences in Texas
You can’t win ’em all. Racial neutrality in government is not, sadly, the law of the land. To get around …
Read More »University of Michigan Settles With Conservative Student Group
Jennifer Gratz, plaintiff in Gratz v. Bollinger, accused the University of Michigan of rejecting her application because she’s white. The …
Read More »Good Racial Profiling?
There’s a big difference between the government denying or giving someone a job or college admission based on race and …
Read More »UConn's Scholarship Bait-and-Switch
It’s well-known that our government still allots benefits or disadvantages based on an individual’s race. Every admissions season, taxpayer-funded colleges …
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