Majority of AAPI voters in CA support affirmative action — so, who are the ones that don’t?
I was having dinner earlier this week with a member of my extended family when the topic of race-conscious affirmative…
Tag: Affirmative Action
The Culture Canard of the Model Minority Myth: how racial gaps in academics aren’t due to cultural pathology
This past week, Bill O’Reilly was his usual raging asshole self when he set out on his Fox News show “The…
Reappropriate: The Podcast – Ep. 3 | #AAPI and affirmative action
I’m excited to announce episode #3 of Reappropriate: The Podcast is now live! This week, I invite fellow blogger Byron…
US Court of Appeals upholds race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions
Yesterday, the US Court of Appeals’ Fifth Circuit handed down its decision on Fisher vs. University of Texas, a landmark affirmative…
Reappropriate: The Podcast – Ep. 1 | Affirmative Action
Yep – I started a podcast! I had been toying with this idea for awhile (nearly a year, actually), because…
CA State Senator Ted Lieu calls on Fox News host to resign over anti-Asian slur
California State Senator Ted Lieu is calling on Fox News’ Bob Beckel, co-host of The Five, to resign after he used…
SCOTUS undermines minority rights in upholding Michigan anti-affirmative action ban
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court handed down a long-awaited decision in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action which upheld a…
Rep. Ted Lieu Loses Six Democratic Endorsements Over anti-Affirmative Action Stance | #SCA5
Representative Ted Lieu may be rethinking his position on affirmative action today. Lieu, a Democrat who has been representing the…
Affirmative Action: When class is not enough
Over the last two weeks, I’ve written a series of posts about affirmative action initiated by the fight over SCA5,…
Top 5 things #SCA5 are totally not like…
SCA5 — Senate Constitutional Amendment 5 that was recently tabled and then withdrawn in California — would’ve done one thing:…
SCA5 withdrawn, task force called for to address affirmative action | #edu4all
Following Speaker Perez’s halting of SCA5 — a bill that would repeal Prop 209 for institutions of public education in…
The effect of Prop 209 on UC admissions and campus diversity | #edu4all #NoLiesNoHate #SCA5
If you’ve been following my blog over the past week, you’ve seen my writing on SCA5, Senate Constitutional Amendment 5…