*Democrats need to shi*t or get off the pot when it comes to standing up for civil rights issues for Blacks in 2014. Now I specifically said civil rights for Blacks because we already know that Democrats have no reservations about raising their voices on civil rights for illegal immigrants and gays. But I have […]
The numbers are mind boggling as well as devastating. Blacks are eight times more likely to test positive for HIV than their white counterparts. Nearly…
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WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices sharply questioned the University of Texas‘ use of race in college admissions Wednesday in a case that could lead to new limits on affirmative action. SEE ALSO: Barack X: Race And The Obama Presidency[1] The court heard arguments in a challenge to the program from a white Texan who contends she was discriminated against when the university did not offer her a spot in 2008. The court’s conservatives cast doubt on the program that uses race as one among many factors in admitting about a quarter of the university’s incoming freshmen. SEE ALSO: Top 9 Qualities To Hate In Rappers[2] Justice Anthony Kennedy, whose vote could be decisive, looked skeptically on Texas’ defense of the program. “What you’re saying is what counts is race above all,” Kennedy said. Want to Keep Up With NewsOne.com? LIKE Us On Facebook! Twenty-two-year-old Abigail Fisher was among the hundreds of spectators at the arguments. Also in attendance was retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who ...
