Duke University professors Peter Arcidiacono and Jacob Vigdor have a forthcoming paper in Economic Inquiry “Does the River Spill Over? Estimating the Economic Returns to Attending a Racially Diverse College”, Mark Perry provides a summary:
“Do white and Asian students at elite schools benefit from the presence of Under- Represented Minority students on campus or […]
Archive for the 'affirmative action' Category
Feb12th2010
Affirmative Action - Not Win-Win
Published by in Hispanics (Minority Issues) and affirmative action. 0 CommentsJul16th2009
More Vargas Testimony
Published by in Hispanics (Minority Issues) and affirmative action. 0 CommentsYou need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video
Update: Expired video updated with a more complete one.
Jul16th2009
Vargas Testimony In The Sotomayor Hearings
Published by in General, Hispanics (Minority Issues), ModernPolitics and affirmative action. 2 CommentsI haven’t seen this discussed much in the blogosphere so I thought I would provide it here:
ACTING CHAIRMAN: Mr. Ricci, thank you very much for your testimony. We’ll now hear from Lieutenant Ben Vargas. Ben — Benjamin Vargas is a lieutenant in the New Haven Fire Department and was a plaintiff in the case of […]
Apr18th2008
Milton Friedman On Race, Poverty And Government
Published by in Capitalism, Chicanoism, Discrimination, Economics, Education, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues), Minimum Wage, ModernPolitics, Myths, Poverty, Vouchers and affirmative action. 3 CommentsYou need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video
From an old speech but just as relevant today as it was then.
Mar3rd2008
John McWhorter On BloggingHeads
Published by in Hispanics (Minority Issues), ModernPolitics and affirmative action. 0 CommentsA video of John McWhorter and Glenn Loury can be found here. McWhorter with Megan McArdle can be found here.
Update: Another one here (this video is a must watch, far better than the two above. Again, highly recommended!).
Feb12th2008
Quote Of The Day
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Discrimination, Economics, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues), Myths, Poverty and affirmative action. 2 Comments“There was very little civil rights law before Title VII; nevertheless the black-white income differential narrowed more rapidly in that benighted era than it has since. It is possible that antidiscrimination laws do not benefit their intended beneficiaries, because they give the beneficiaries a sense of entitlement and victimhood, foster tokenism, increase employers’ costs, cast […]
Oct20th2007
Quote Of The Day
Published by in Academia, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and affirmative action. 10 Comments“Question to think about: If right-wingers are underrepresented in universities relative to the population and discriminated against by the left-wing majority, as Larry suggests, should there be affirmative action for right-leaning academics? It seems that, on principle, those on the left (who favor affirmative action to promote diversity and correct past injustice) should endorse such […]
Oct19th2007
Quote Of The Day
Published by in General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and affirmative action. 1 Comment“I agree entirely with David Bernstein’s previous post: affirmative action in higher education should not be categorically forbidden, but it should be both more transparent and better designed. As David writes, “it’s important to . . . have a theory as to which people you are giving preferences to, and why, rather than just give […]
Oct18th2007
Quote Of The Day
Published by in General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and affirmative action. 4 Comments“I should note that some or all of these “preferred practices” [of how to better perform affirmative action at Universities] may be inhibited or prevented by the Supreme Court’s affirmative action jurisprudence, which allows preferences only for “diversity” purposes. Of course, no one really takes this seriously, least of all the Court itself; if this […]
Oct9th2007
Quote Of The Day
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and affirmative action. 12 Comments“White liberals frown on independent thinking by minorities. Some of them claimed that Thomas was pulling up the ladder behind him and so they pulled the rug out from under him. These are the folks who claim credit for the success of those minorities they agree with while trying to discredit those with whom they […]
Aug24th2007
The Reality Of Affirmation Action
Published by in General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and affirmative action. 1 CommentGail Heriot, professor of law at the University of San Diego and a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in an article titled, Affirmative Action Backfires, in the Wall Street Journal writes:
Three years ago, UCLA law professor Richard Sander published an explosive, fact-based study of the consequences of affirmative action in American law […]
Jun28th2007
Common Sense?
Published by in General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and affirmative action. 0 CommentsSupreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, in his majority opinion ruling that race cannot be a factor in the assignment of children to public schools, wrote,
“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”
Clarence Thomas, the only black Supreme Court justice, in his concurring opinion […]
May29th2007
Quote Of The Day
Published by in General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and affirmative action. 3 Comments“In California, which outlawed preferences in 1996, more black and Hispanic students are enrolled in college today than ever before — and more importantly, a higher percentage of them are graduating. In 1995, only 26 percent of black and Hispanic students actually graduated from the UC system; now 51 percent graduate, roughly equal to the […]
Apr13th2007
Multiculturalism: Fact or Threat?
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Chicanoism, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and affirmative action. 14 CommentsThis is why I think everybody should read Dinesh D’Souza’s writings:
Multiculturalism: Fact or Threat?
There has been a remarkable demographic shift that has changed the complexion of American society over the last 40 years. One reason for this change is the fact that most immigrants today come from Asia, Africa, and Latin […]
Feb2nd2007
Democrat Senator Joseph Biden On Barack Obama
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues), ModernPolitics and affirmative action. 16 Comments“I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,” he said. “I mean, that’s a storybook, man.” –Democrat Senator Joseph Biden On Barack Obama
Just one more example of how liberals view minorities.
Jan13th2007
Quote Of The Day
Published by in General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and affirmative action. 4 Comments“Civil rights used to be about treating everyone the same. But today some people are so used to special treatment that equal treatment is considered to be discrimination”. –Thomas Sowell
