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by Keli Goff onOctober 16, 2012
Of course topics such as affirmative action and black unemployment won't come up. But we can dream.
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by L.Z. Granderson onOctober 15, 2012
L.Z. Granderson, CNN columnist, writes this week that as much as some non-minorities resent affirmative action, black people secretly dislike it, too. Still, African Americans are clear that the social program is necessary.
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by Jamilah Lemieux onOctober 11, 2012
Ebony's Jamilah Lemieux challenges the arguments of Abigail Fisher, a white candidate who says she was denied the right to attend the University of Texas, which insists she wouldn't have gotten in even without affirmative action.
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by Edward Wyckoff Williams onOctober 11, 2012
The Abigail Fishers and George Wills think that minorities have unfair advantages. Not by a long shot.
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October 8, 2012
Your Take: A Texas school's racist past overshadows Fisher case, say Lani Guinier and Penda D. Hair.
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by Sherrilyn A. Ifill onOctober 8, 2012
As a new SCOTUS case begins, it's time for advocates to reframe the conversation about the issue.
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by Ta-Nehisi Coates onSeptember 3, 2012
In his blog at the Atlantic, Ta-Nahesi Coates ponders why people question how Barack Obama got where he is, while no one asks the same about Mitt Romney.
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by Kiff Hamp onAugust 22, 2012
This legal scholar says that these policies are still needed to level the playing field.
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by John McWhorter onMarch 1, 2012
As a new case heads to the Supreme Court, it's time to admit that disparities are about more than race.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onFebruary 21, 2012
In today's link roundup: The court announced today that it will hear a challenge to the University of Texas' program. Plus: How to talk to kids about race.
