Archive for December, 2003

Content of Whose Character?: Race, College Admissions and the Myth of Merit

December 19, 2003, filed under Essay Archive; 1 Comment.
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Published as a ZNet Commentary One thing can be said for conservatives: they are nothing if not unoriginal. This truism was driven home yet again recently when I found myself in a debate over affirmative action with such a person, who insisted that folks like me, by virtue of our support for the concept, had […]

It’s the Racism, Stupid: Bias, Not Affirmative Action Stigmatizes People of Color

December 7, 2003, filed under Essay Archive; No Comments.
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Published as a ZNet Commentary, 12/07/03 Sometimes an argument gets made with such regularity that no matter how silly, it nonetheless requires an answer. Indeed the more often it gets made, the more often it calls for rebuttal, since its repetition indicates someone just isn’t getting it. Such is the case with the oft-repeated claim, […]