2004 LD Topic #2

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2004 LD Topic #2

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LD Topic 2: In the United States, the Use of Race as a Deciding Factor in College Admissions is Just.

The Areas for Consideration by the Wording Committee

Supreme Court Decisions / Cases
Reverse Discrimination
Redressing Historical and/or Current Injustice
Diversity
Equal Opportunity

Affirmative Action - Background Knowledge

The Affirmative Action and Diversity Project: A Web Page for Research - This site presents diverse opinions regarding Affirmative Action topics; rather than taking a singular pro or con position, it is designed to help lend many different voices to the debates surrounding the issues of affirmative action.
Affirmative Action Reconsidered. Thomas Sowell, 1975. (Complete Text)
The Atlantic Monthly - "Race", 1966-2003.
Debating Racial Preference a great source of links to both sides of the debate.
Duke University - "Affirmative Action in College Admissions", Dec. 2001.
Human Rights in Australia. - Doctor Mark Cooray, 1985. (Complete Text Chapter 9)
The National Center for Public Policy Research - Affirmative Action Information Center. 2003.
The Princeton Review - "Affirmative Action and the College Admissions Process", 2003.
SoYouWannaKnow.Com - "So You Wanna Know About Affirmative Action", 2002.
Supreme Court Of The United States - Gratz. V. Bollinger (Complete Text of University of Michigan Decision)
Supreme Court Of The United States - Grutter V. Bollinger (Complete Text of University of Michigan Decision)
University of Michigan, Department of Philosophy - Race, Gender, and Affirmative Action: Resource Page for Teaching, June 2003. (Chick Here -

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~eandersn/biblio.htm#Concepts)

Affirmative Action - Good

ACLU - "Affirmative Action Position Paper", Fall 2000.

ACLU - Charles R. Lawrence III and Mari J. Matsuda. "We Won't Go Back: Making the Case for Affirmative Action", March 4, 2002.

American Council on Education Making the Case for Affirmative Action in Higher Education, May 22, 2002.

Asian Pacific Americans Toward a Community Of Justice - Beyond Self-Interest: A Policy Analysis of Affirmative Action (Gabriel Chin, Sumi Cho, Jerry Kang, Frank Wu).

The Brookings Institute- Peter H. Schuck. Affirmative Action: Don't Mend It Or End It - Bend It. The Brookings Review. Winter 2002.

The Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action & Integration, and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) - an organization formed for the purpose of organizing the struggle against the resegregation of higher education.

Diversity Digest (Association of American Colleges and Universities) - Empirical Study Finds Socio-economic Status Not a Likely Substitute for Race in CA College Admissions, Amanda Lepof, Program Assistant, Diversity, Equity, & Global Initiatives, AAC&U.

The Michigan Daily Aymar Jean. Deconstructing Affirmative Action, June 02, 2003.

The National Association of Scholars (NAS) - an organization of professors, graduate students, college administrators and trustees, and independent scholars committed to rational discourse as the foundation of academic life in a free and democratic society.

National Organization for Women an organization dedicated to making legal, political, social and economic change in our society in order to achieve our goal, which is to eliminate sexism and end all oppression.

St. Petersburg Times The 'Race-Neutral' Myth, February 16, 2003.

University of Michigan - Mark C. Long. "Race and College Admissions: An Alternative to Affirmative Action?", 2001.

The Wall Street Journal - Charlotte Johnson, Assistant Dean, University of Michigan Law School. Educational Benefits Flow From Diversity, March 2003.

Affirmative Action - Bad

The American Civil Rights Coalition (ACRC) - works with grassroots supporters and leaders on the local, state and federal level to end racial and gender preferences and classifications.

The American Civil Rights Institute - a national civil rights organization created to educate the public about racial and gender preferences.

Adversity.Net - a non-profit, educational organization dedicated to the elimination of prejudice and discrimination, and to the defense of human and civil rights secured by law.

The Cato Institute Walter Williams. "Affirmative Action Can't Be Mended", Dec. 15, 1997.

The Cato Institute Roger Pilon. "The Court Stumbles Again", June 24, 2003.

The Cato Institute David E. Bernstein. "Let Private Colleges Practice Affirmative Action", June 23, 2003.

The Century Foundation "Class-based Affirmative Action in College Admissions", IDEA BRIEF. May 2000.

The Century Foundation - Anthony P. Carnevale And Stephen J. Rose "Socioeconomic Status, Race/Ethnicity, And Selective College Admissions", March 2003.

The Century Foundation - Richard Kahlenberg. "Economic Affirmative Action in College Admissions: A Progressive Alternative to Racial Preferences and Class Rank Admissions Plans", 2002.

The Multiracial Activist (TMA) is a libertarian oriented activist journal that advocates abolishing all forms of government imposed "racial" classification.

The Wall Street Journal - Linda Chavez, President, Center for Equal Opportunity "Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right", March 2003.

Race is a Myth

American Renaissance - Michael Rienzi. Race Is A Myth: The Left Distorts Science for Political Purposes, December, 2000.

Arizona State University - Dr. Joseph Graves, Jr., PhD, Professor Evolutionary Biology/Life Sciences, Arizona State University "The Myth of Race: America's Original Science Fiction"

C. Loring Brace - "Does Race Exist?: An Antagonist's Perspective", November 2000.

PBS - RACE - The Power of an Illusion, 2003. (An Awesome Resource with a multitude of articles)

Stanford University - Stephan Thernstrom. "RACE: The Myth of the Minority Majority", Hoover Digest, 2002.

The Washington Post - Michael A. Fletcher. "Interracial Marriages Eroding Barriers", December 28, 1998.

Race is a Reality

George W. Gill - "Does Race Exist?: A Proponent's Perspective", November 2000.


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