Commentary Racism is abhorrent. So are shakedown artists who cry racism to rake in cash. The Rev. Al Sharpton publicly threatened McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski on April 27, using the same language his National Action Network (NAN) has used for three decades to squeeze cash out of major corporations. Sharpton referred to “multiple accusations of…
Voicing ‘No’ to Embedding Race Politics into the Australian Constitution
April 11, 2023
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Commentary The Liberal Party, on April 5, decided to oppose Labor’s push to entrench The Voice in the Australian Constitution. The Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton, told reporters that the Voice is “divisive, and it’s not going to deliver the outcomes to people on the ground.” Instead, the Coalition favours regional bodies to enhance effective communication…
Reparations Are a Statist Cudgel for Bludgeoning Property Owners
March 21, 2023
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Commentary San Francisco’s panel on reparations has issued a recommendation that qualified black residents in that city receive $5 million in reparations for the financial effects of slavery and/or racial discrimination. There was never slavery in the city of San Francisco, but the panel nevertheless suggested that city inhabitants must atone for racial discrimination. Such calls for…
Virginia AG Demands Fairfax County Middle School Stop Racial Discrimination Against Students
March 10, 2023
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FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares sent a letter Thursday to a Fairfax County middle school demanding the school stop discriminating against potential 8th-grade applicants for its college preparation program. On March 1, Cooper Middle School sent an email inviting parents of 8th graders to apply for the public school system’s College Partnership Program…
‘Most Hated Student’: White Student Files Discrimination Lawsuit Against Historically-Black College
February 27, 2023
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A white student from Howard University’s law school has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the institution, claiming it created a “hostile educational environment” which allegedly caused him to suffer from depression. Howard University is a federally chartered, historically black, private research university based in Washington D.C. Michael Newman, the student, had joined the law…
Apartheid Thinking Seems to Have Infected the Intelligentsia
Commentary Having worked briefly in South Africa at the height of apartheid, I’m surprised by the degree to which the mentality of apartheid seems to have infected the intelligentsia of the United States. The analogy is by no means exact, and there are significant differences between the two countries, of course, but the obsession with…
White Former Seattle City Employee Sues Over Racially Discriminatory Indoctrination
November 17, 2022
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A white former Seattle city employee filed a federal civil rights lawsuit over the city’s racially discriminatory treatment of employees and its mandatory cultural sensitivity programs that he claims constitute racial indoctrination aimed against white people. Cultural sensitivity training sessions are controversial. They often rely on radical, unproven academic theories—such as Marxist-derived critical race theory—that…
Goodbye Affirmative Action, Hello Individual Freedom and Dignity
Commentary The Supreme Court just heard arguments in the case Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina. It’s about affirmative action—universities using race and ethnicity in their admissions policies. Students for Fair Admissions argues that both universities violate the U.S. Constitution in their discriminatory admissions policies….
Racially Discriminatory College Admission Policies Receive Rough Ride at Supreme Court
October 31, 2022
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Most Supreme Court justices seemed receptive on Oct. 31 to a student group’s argument that racially discriminatory admissions policies at U.S. colleges are unconstitutional and must be struck down. The Biden administration countered that such policies should be allowed to continue indefinitely because they promote diversity, which it claims benefit the nation. Although left-wing activists…
Wisconsin Group to Appeal Court Loss in Challenge of Racially Discriminatory College Grant Program
September 26, 2022
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A conservative public interest law firm plans to appeal a court ruling tossing its lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a state-administered college grant program that excludes whites and Asians. Dan Lennington, deputy counsel at the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) said the group would appeal the ruling, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on…
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