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Affirmative action hasn’t made up for centuries of racial discrimination

I felt sympathy for my white classmate who did not get accepted into the U of I, but that sympathy has eroded over the years, Alden Loury writes. Affirmative action may have provided me an advantage in getting into college, but he has advantages in practically every other facet of…

Chicago Sun-Times

SCOTUS returns to "separate but equal"

How the right made discrimination a First Amendment issue

Salon

My New Washington Examiner Article on the Supreme Court's Ruling on Racial Preferences in College Admissions

The article assesses strengths and weaknesses of the Court's decision, and what it will take to implement Chief Justice Roberts' admonition that "[e]liminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it."

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America still has a race problem, but affirmative action isn’t the solution

If the Supreme Court’s recent decision has the effect of focusing on the broken pipeline of K-12 education, it will have done far more for disadvantaged students than any racial preference program

Chicago Sun-Times

Dumfries and Galloway councillors call for tougher interventions in LGBT hate crime

The issue was raised at the full council meeting where all members agreed to take proactive steps to protect individuals from abuse and bigotry based on sexual orientation or identity

Daily Record

What it Will Take to Make Government Color-Blind

Achieving this goal will require a lot more than banning racial preferences in college admissions. That includes some measures that will make the political right uncomfortable, as well as the left.

Reason

California bill to ban caste bias progresses in Assembly. Here’s how it has changed

A state bill to bolster California’s civil rights protections by banning caste discrimination cleared a major obstacle Wednesday, passing through the Assembly Judiciary Committee by a 9-0 vote after some language changes.

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Supreme Court asks UGC what action taken against caste discrimination in campuses

The Supreme Court on July 6 asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to specify steps it has taken and proposed to take, to provide non-discriminatory, enabling environment for the students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes in institutions of higher learning, terming it a “very serious issue”

The Hindu

Police treatment in black and white – report on Minneapolis policing is the latest reminder of systemic racial disparities

The latest reminder that police officers around the country routinely deny Black people their constitutional rights comes from the Justice Department. This time, it’s about Minneapolis, the site of a police officer’s video-recorded murder of resident George Floyd.

The Conversation

Aussies urged to 'stay strong' with heated voice debate

Aboriginal senator Malarndirri McCarthy says Australians can build a better country as research reveals the extent of discrimination against Indigenous people.

AAP

On Groff v. DeJoy and 303 Creative v. Elenis

Not blockbusters, maybe, but important cases nonetheless

Reason

Striking a blow against affirmative action in America

The U.S. seeks to eliminate all distinctions based on race universally, which is a narrow view of equality and which prevents broad-based race conscious measures

The Hindu

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson: Yorkshire paying price for handling of racism case

The club are set to be sanctioned over their response to an investigation which found Azeem Rafiq had been the victim of discrimination and bullying.

The Independent UK

Tesla: The cars that racism built? Black workers claim lawsuits have not stopped discrimination

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Complaint after complaint alleging anti-Black racism at Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California, has not stopped such abuse and discrimination, with Black workers segregated into the hardest, most dangerous, lowest-paid jobs and subjected to a barrage of racist treatment, language and images, according to claims in recent…

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French suburbs: Fresh protests against police violence rooted in decades of harassment, inequality

When a police officer last week shot and killed a resident of Paris’s suburb of Nanterre, 17-year-old Nahel M., it unleashed a wave of unrest across France – an echo of similar protests launched by youth living in housing projects two decades earlier. Billions of euros of investment in the…

Irish Mirror

Dublin landlord in discrimination claim after asking pregnant woman and husband to move out

Mr O’Brien’s solicitor, Colm Hickey, rejected the claims and stressed his client was concerned that there was a “health and safety issue” about a spiral staircase leading to the apartment which was “wholly unsuitable” for a pregnant woman and children.

Zenger

U.S. Supreme Court Protects Christian Designer’s Religious Freedom In Website Case

Colorado anti-discrimination law challenged as court rules against compelling speech.

Reason

How to Read 303 Creative v. Elenis

The speech compulsion it forbids is not limited to wedding-website designers who object to same-sex marriage, but its principles should apply only to a narrow range of commercial products

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British army admits soldier was victim of ‘anti-Islamic bias’

Exclusive: Ebrima Bayo accepts settlement of religious discrimination case after five-and-a-half-year battle

The Conversation

The Colorado website designer's win is one of dozens of federal cases where religious beliefs and LGBTQ+ rights have clashed – and the pattern might not be what you think

Does a Colorado designer’s belief that marriage is between one man and one woman merit an exemption to state law barring discrimination against LGBTQ+ people? On June 30, 2023, the Supreme Court decided 6-3 that the answer is yes: Requiring a conservative Christian business owner to create wedding websites for…

The Hindu

Madras High Court stays order passed by single judge asking Madras Bar Association to admit members without discrimination

A Division Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday stayed the operation of a single judge’s June 22 order directing the Madras Bar Association (MBA) to distribute applications for membership to all interested practising lawyers in the High Court, and admit them as members without discriminating on the basis…

Bangkok Post

Seminar reveals strategies to reduce gender discrimination at work

As one of the most LGBTI-friendly countries in the world, Sweden is encouraging Thailand to formulate anti-discrimination policies for employees to create a fair and positive working environment.

The Guardian - US

Where now for workplace diversity after court’s affirmative action ruling?

The supreme court’s decision to strike down diversity policies in higher education raises concerns over future of DEI in employment

France 24

Teen’s killing raises a French policing issue that dare not be named

The killing of 17-year-old Nahel M. during a police traffic stop this week was a depressingly familiar addition to France’s list of police brutality cases. But when the UN called on the government to address racial discrimination in its police force, the official reaction was just as familiar and depressing…

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak insists ICEC report must be used as chance to reset cricket

The England and Wales Cricket Board commissioned a report into discrimination in the sport, which was released on Tuesday.

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