La Shawn Barber

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La Shawn Barber
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San Diego 'Ghetto' Party Leads to Race-Based Demands
By La Shawn Barber
In the late 1960s, college students rioted and stormed administration buildings, protesting everything from the Vietnam War to freedom of ...
March 11, 2010
Blacks Held to Lower Standards in Perpetuity
By La Shawn Barber
One idea that transcends political lines is that blacks are inferior and should be held to lower standards in perpetuity. ...
January 26, 2010
Berkeley High May Drop "White" Science Labs
By La Shawn Barber
On international science tests, American students perpetually lag behind their peers in other developed countries. A logical response might be ...
December 31, 2009
Schwarzenegger Signs Racial Quota Bill
By La Shawn Barber
California legislators ought to carry a copy of the state constitution in their pockets and refer to it when writing ...
October 26, 2009
California Court Strikes Down Race-Based Scholarships
By La Shawn Barber
Thirteen years after California amended the state constitution to bar the government from discriminating against or preferring individuals or groups ...
October 15, 2009
Noncognitive Assessment Farce
August 28, 2009 |
Ricci and the Title VII Catch
By La Shawn Barber
In a 5-4 decision split along party lines, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of white and Hispanic New ...
July 02, 2009
Los Angeles Times Almost Right on Race
By La Shawn Barber
You know the times they are a-changing when the liberal Los Angeles Times implies it was unfair to deny white ...
May 19, 2009
California Court Says Assignment by Race OK
By La Shawn Barber
It looks like another set of judges has found a way around the will of the people. In 1996, 54 percent ...
March 30, 2009
Dismantling Diversity Dogma
By La Shawn Barber
Half a century ago, America was embroiled in a legal and moral struggle to end government-sanctioned racial discrimination. Under a ...
December 22, 2008
Does Obama's Win Signal the End of Racial Preferences?
By La Shawn Barber
The people have spoken. On November 4, 2008, 51 percent of Colorado voters defeated a measure that would have ended state ...
November 19, 2008
Colorado Voters Will Choose Yes or No on Equality
By La Shawn Barber
Who would have thought in 2008, some 50 years after the country groaned under the strain of dismantling laws and ...
October 01, 2008
Digging Up Democratic Skeletons
February 07, 2008 |
Mental Chains and Civil War
By La Shawn Barber
I freed thousands of slaves. I could have freed thousands more, if they had known they were slaves. – Harriet ...
January 22, 2008
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