Affirmative Action: News & Videos about Affirmative Action - CNN.comhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Affirmative_ActionFind stories, videos, and photos about Affirmative Action from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:37:44 GMT5Affirmative Action: News & Videos about Affirmative Action - CNN.comhttp://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/POLITICS/07/16/sotomayor.firefighters/tztop.frank.ricci.cnn.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Affirmative_Action14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Affirmative Action from CNN.com.Firefighter criticizes Sotomayor rulinghttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/16/sotomayor.firefighters/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/16/sotomayor.firefighters/index.html#cnnSTCTextNew Haven, Connecticut, firefighter Frank Ricci, the lead plaintiff in perhaps the most controversial case involving Judge Sonia Sotomayor, said Thursday that Sotomayor's rejection of his reverse discrimination claim had undermined the concept of a merit-based civil service system.Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:53:00 EDTHigh court backs firefighters in reverse discrimination suithttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/29/supreme.court.discrimination/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/29/supreme.court.discrimination/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. Supreme Court sided Monday with white firefighters in a workplace discrimination lawsuit, a divisive case over the role race should play in job advancement.Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:05:00 EDTGOP applauds, Dems criticize overturning Sotomayor rulinghttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/29/scotus.sotomayor/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/29/scotus.sotomayor/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe political response to the Supreme Court's overturning a ruling by the woman who could be its newest member was sharply divided, with Republicans supporting the ruling while Democrats criticized it.Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:46:00 EDTHigh court asked to untangle reverse discrimination casehttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/22/scotus.reverse.discrimination/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/22/scotus.reverse.discrimination/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Supreme Court's conservative majority expressed varying degrees of concern Wednesday over a civil rights case brought by 20 firefighters, most of them white, who claim reverse discrimination in promotions.Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:54:00 EDTCommentary: Obama picks show merit of diversityhttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/20/navarrette.diversity/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/20/navarrette.diversity/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than 20 years ago, I got into an argument with a college roommate over affirmative action -- one I've thought about since President-elect Barack Obama began nominating people to serve in the Cabinet and White House staff.Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:45:00 ESTUnited Europe celebrates ethnic diversityhttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/11/20/europe.flags/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/11/20/europe.flags/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne of the things that charms me about traveling through Europe is its ethnic variety. Hop on a train and two hours later you step into a different culture, different language and different heritage.Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:10:00 ESTRaces to watch: Campbell Brownhttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/02/campbellsraces/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/02/campbellsraces/index.html#cnnSTCTextThrough Election Night, CNN.com users can customize their online election tracking through the site's "Your Races" feature.Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:26:00 ESTMalaysia turns 50 amid tensionshttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/31/malaysia.anniversary.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/31/malaysia.anniversary.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextMalaysia marked 50 years of independence Friday with dances and parades in a colorful show of ethnic unity that belied worsening race relations and growing fears about eroding minority rights.Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:50:00 EDTBest employers, most diversehttp://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0701/gallery.bestcos.diversity/index.htmlhttp://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0701/gallery.bestcos.diversity/index.htmlHere are the top 10 firms on Fortune's list of 100 Best Companies to Work For with the highest percentage of minority employees.Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:01:00 ESTNew motion details racial profiling claims against Billboard magazinehttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/06/billboard/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/06/billboard/index.htmlLawyers for two ex-Billboard magazine staffers who are suing their former employer over their May 2004 dismissal claim racial profiling took place in the offices of the music industry's oldest trade publication.Wed, 06 Apr 2005 15:10:00 EDTRace-based affirmative action admissionshttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/07/amar.affirmative.action/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/07/amar.affirmative.action/index.htmlA forthcoming law review article by UCLA professor Rick Sander is causing a big stir in the legal academic community. Sander's piece in the Stanford Law Review argues that race-based affirmative action as practiced by American law schools during the past 30 years actually ends up hurting the group -- African American law students -- it is most intended to help.Fri, 07 Jan 2005 23:14:00 ESTRace a focus in Iowa presidential debatehttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/12/elec04.prez.iowa.last.debate/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/12/elec04.prez.iowa.last.debate/index.htmlThe issue of race drew much attention at the last scheduled Democratic debate before the January 19 Iowa Caucuses -- the first referendum of the 2004 presidential campaign.Mon, 12 Jan 2004 05:43:00 ESTWhy Mentoring Works Everyone can use help navigating corporate culture-- especially minorities.http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/07/09/306515/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/07/09/306515/index.htmCompanies have tried all sorts of things to improve corporate life for minority employees. Many efforts fail, but one approach has proved so successful that it should be a staple at every concerned...Mon, 09 Jul 2001 04:01:00 EDTWhat Minority Employees Really Want IT'S SIMPLE: INCLUSION, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND OPPORTUNITY. BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE REALLY PRhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/07/10/283802/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/07/10/283802/index.htmA group of scientists from Lucent Technologies' vaunted Bell Labs are eating lunch and talking about the most delicate subject in corporate America, or anywhere else in America: race. Over sandwich...Mon, 10 Jul 2000 04:01:00 EDTNo More Crude at Texaco Texaco hasn't quite overcome its image as the embodiment of corporate racism. Yet thanks to management'shttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/09/06/265322/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/09/06/265322/index.htmIt's known as "The Crisis" around Texaco's sprawling office headquarters in a leafy suburb north of New York City, which is certainly apropos. It was the embarrassing and expensive saga that forced...Mon, 06 Sep 1999 04:01:00 EDT1. Pacific Enterprises: Keeping Talent After being encouraged to explore jobs elsewhere, most employees stay put.http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/08/03/246310/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/08/03/246310/index.htmBerlinda Fontenot-Jamerson didn't plan on spending her entire career at Pacific Enterprises when she joined the utility as a clerk-typist. In fact, she was studying to be a social worker and intend...Mon, 03 Aug 1998 04:01:00 EDTWHY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION WON'T DIE REPUBLICANS, THE COURTS, AND CALIFORNIA HAVE DECLARED WAR ON IT. BUT RAhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/11/13/207666/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/11/13/207666/index.htmThe racial-preference policies lumped together under the label "affirmative action" seem to be reaching the end of their collective road. The Republican majority in Congress and most GOP presidenti...Mon, 13 Nov 1995 05:01:00 ESTWOMEN COULD BE BIG LOSERS IF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FALLShttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/08/01/205199/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/08/01/205199/index.htmMEMO TO PRESIDENT CLINTON: While you and the rest of the Beltway bigwigs consider re-engineering affirmative action programs that favor minorities, the nation's 60 million working women might not c...Tue, 01 Aug 1995 04:01:00 EDTBLACKS ON BLACKS Leading African Americans speak out on racism, the black middle class, rebuilding our inner cities, welfare refhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/11/02/77069/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/11/02/77069/index.htmWHY can't we all get along?'' Rodney King's question still resonates six months after the acquittal of four Los Angeles police officers who beat him, a verdict that triggered the worst riot in the ...Mon, 02 Nov 1992 05:01:00 ESTA FRESH VIEW OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION A black Yale law professor argues that granting racial preferences, while once justified, is http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/09/23/75499/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/09/23/75499/index.htmStephen Carter was studying law in 1978 when the Supreme Court's ruling in the celebrated Bakke case imposed limits on affirmative action. At the time, he and other black students at Yale felt that...Mon, 23 Sep 1991 04:01:00 EDTOur government fails an acid test, how to buy politicians, California conspiracies, and other matters. COLLEGE IN CALIFORNIA: THhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/02/11/74634/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/02/11/74634/index.htmBeing somewhat prejudiced against conspiracy theories, we were a bit slow to embrace one that surfaced last year in the course of the never-ending racial rows over college admissions. The theory pe...Mon, 11 Feb 1991 05:01:00 ESTBiology in Dallas, psychologists vs. Teddy Kennedy, the case for frontier justice, and other matters. THE WHOLE POINT OF AFFIRMAhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/07/02/73716/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/07/02/73716/index.htmBy way of elaborating the headline, we begin obliquely with the saga of Kateri Tekakwitha. A Mohawk Indian maiden born in 1656, Kateri was exposed to Christian doctrine by Jesuit missionaries and b...Mon, 02 Jul 1990 04:01:00 EDTTODAY'S LEADERS LOOK TO TOMORROW SOCIETY SHELBY STEELE LET'S STOP SHAKING HANDS WITH THE DEVIL ON RACEhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/03/26/73225/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/03/26/73225/index.htmWhenever groups of people take it upon themselves to make race important, the search for power is behind that. This is the real problem. White slave traders made race important -- made whites super...Mon, 26 Mar 1990 05:01:00 ESTHOLDING FIRM ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Despite disappointments and a recent Supreme Court reversal, most top executives intend to prhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/03/13/71725/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/03/13/71725/index.htmBY SOME YARDSTICKS, affirmative action could be judged a failure. Twenty-five years have passed since the two words entered the law's vocabulary, yet only one black leads a FORTUNE 500 or Service 5...Mon, 13 Mar 1989 05:01:00 ESTUnamazing economic news, embarrassing Asian Americans, a call for iron bars, and other matters. QUOTAS ON CAMPUS: THE NEW PHASEhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/01/30/71548/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/01/30/71548/index.htmIt had to happen, so now it is happening. Racial preference in college admissions, legitimized by the Supreme Court's infamous Bakke decision in 1978, is now being used against the wrong people. Ev...Mon, 30 Jan 1989 05:01:00 ESTThe Bad News About Latin, Guys and Dolls, Backtalk Before Breakfast, and Other Matters. Literacy on the Righthttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/09/14/69519/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/09/14/69519/index.htmThe arresting new idea out there is something called ''cultural literacy,'' and it is all spelled out in a best-selling book by E. D. Hirsch Jr. bearing that title and subtitled What Every American...Mon, 14 Sep 1987 04:01:00 EDTThe Handsome and the Homeless, Our Possibly Most Lovable Law, A Dry Case for Socialism, and Other Matters. The 8(a) Follieshttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/02/02/68631/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/02/02/68631/index.htmGiven the magnitude involved, Nexis produced an answer with astonishing swiftness -- about 20 seconds, we estimated. To be sure, our favorite electronic database may have had a lot of practice deal...Mon, 02 Feb 1987 05:01:00 ESTDubious Distinctionshttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/06/23/67730/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/06/23/67730/index.htmWe have closely studied the opinions delivered by five different Supreme Court factions in the case of Wygant et al. v. Jackson Board of Education et al., and you know what? We still cannot figure ...Mon, 23 Jun 1986 04:01:00 EDT