Government presumption of racial disadvantage under siege by White plaintiffs – WaPost/msn
“The legal offensive, which also has targeted programs run by the Transportation Department and the Small Business Administration, is part of a broader conservative backlash against affirmative action and diversity efforts in government contracting and the private sector — a campaign that intensified after the Supreme Court in June overturned race-conscious college admissions.
“Experts say the federal programs may be uniquely vulnerable: The categories of disadvantaged minorities were drawn up in the early 1970s with little research or debate — and sometimes based on naked politics — creating a patchwork in which some programs presume a minority group to be disadvantaged while others do not.”
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also see:
On Being “White” … and Other Lies – James Baldwin