In The Name Of Equity, The ACLU Supports Racial Discrimination In College Admissions

The ACLU reported that it had filed amicus curiae briefs in two cases before the United States Supreme Court, Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina, both of which challenge whether or not higher education can legally consider race in its application approval process.

“Ending the consideration of race in college admissions would ignore the country’s ongoing challenge of racial inequality and threaten diversity and inclusion on campuses everywhere,” Sarah Hinger, senior staff attorney with the ACLU Racial Justice Program, said in a press release.

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N.W.T. MLA calls for hiring freeze on non-Indigenous applicants

A Northwest Territories MLA is calling for the territorial government to stop hiring non-Indigenous people for one year.

Hay River South MLA Rocky Simpson called for the change in the N.W.T. legislature Monday in a question to the Minister of Human Resources, Caroline Wawzonek.

“We need to be bold if we want to see change,” he said.

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University Of Pittsburgh Wants To Be Fetal Parts ‘Distribution Hub,’ Sets Racial Quotas For ‘Harvesting’ Unborn Babies

Public records obtained by the Center for Medical Progress reveal that the University of Pittsburgh sought $3 million in 2015 from the National Institutes of Health to become a “distribution hub” for the GenitoUrinary Development Molecular Anatomy Project. The application stated that Pitt would be the best “distribution hub” for fetal tissue due to their “over 18 years of experience” in collecting body parts from aborted babies.

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Gender and race quotas could result from attorney generals’ stance on school discipline

Does anyone seriously doubt that boys misbehave more than girls in school? Until recently, no one would have disputed that, since surveys of students show that boys get into fights at twice the rate girls do. In those same surveys, conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, blacks say they get into fights at more than twice the rate whites do on school grounds.

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The Great Outdoors Was Made for White People

After social distancing protocols forced countless Americans into indoor isolation for the winter, many of us are eager to run into the warm embrace of Mother Nature and the outdoors with gusto. While the pandemic has exposed structural inequities in everything from health care to education to housing, less remarked upon has been the institution of the great outdoors. And like most American institutions, outdoor space—and, crucially, access to it—has been socially and physically constructed by white supremacy and settler colonialism.

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Meet the woman on a mission to have retailers commit 15% of their shelf space to Black-owned brands

Aurora James was frustrated when she would go to stores and see a lack of Black-owned brands on shelves. It was out of that frustration that the fashion designer decided she needed to be a part of the solution by disrupting business as usual.

“I was so fed up as a woman and a woman of color, being disappointed by the choices that people or companies were making. But I also realized that I failed in a lot of ways to really ask for what I needed,” James told CBS News’ Michelle Miller.

In the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing, she took to Instagram and demanded major retailers commit 15% of their shelf space to Black-owned brands, creating the initiative the “15 Percent Pledge.” “Black people in the U.S. make up nearly 15% of the population,” its website says.

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