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The Racism of Diversity

Walter Williams | 22 July 2009
One of the unappreciated aspects of preferential treatment, is that it runs the risk of creating racist attitudes, and possibly feelings of racial superiority, among whites and others who were formerly racially neutral.

The Equality Dogma

Thomas Sowell | 19 February 2004
Some readers objected to a statement in this column that black students usually do not perform as well in school as white students or Asian American students. These readers seemed to think that this was a personal opinion -- or even an immoral statement. It never seemed to occur to them that this was a verifiable fact, shown by innumerable studies over the years by many scholars of various races.

Equality, Inequality and Fate

Thomas Sowell | 18 February 2004
One of the confusions that plagues discussions of equality and inequality is a confusion between the vagaries of fate and the sins of man. There are plenty of both but they need to be sharply distinguished from one another.

The Inequality Dogma

Thomas Sowell | 17 February 2004
This is truly the age of dogma when it comes to differences between groups. Some will blindly deny that intergroup differences in performances are anything other than "stereotypes," "perceptions," or discrimination.

Egalitarianism: The New Torture Rack

Gary Hull | 11 January 2004
Egalitarianism, which claims only to want an "equality" in end results, hates the exceptional man who, through his own mental effort, achieves that which others cannot. Trends in modern education reflect this egalitarian hatred of achievement. In an attempt to "dumb down" all students to the lowest common denominator, today's educators no longer promote excellence and students of superior ability. Rather, they focus on the slow and the diseased, crippling the most talented in the process.

The Racism of "Diversity"

Peter Schwartz | 15 December 2003
The notion of "diversity" entails exactly the same premises as racism--that one's ideas are determined by one's race and that the source of an individual's identity is his ethnic heritage.

The Grand Fraud: Affirmative Action for Blacks

Thomas Sowell | 1 April 2003
Affirmative action is great for black millionaires but it has done little or nothing for most people in the ghetto.

"Diversity" For Thee, Not Me

Thomas Sowell | 6 March 2003
People used to complain about "the idle rich." But the idle rich did not do the kind of harm being done by today's busybody rich, who feed their own egos by bankrolling political crusades on the left which hurt the very people that the left claims to care about -- working people, minorities, and children.

The Unjust Discrimination of Central Planning

Ralph Reiland | 9 February 2003
Johnnie Cochran's wife, Dale Mason Cochran, hit the jackpot as a member of a victim group in 1996, the year after O.J. was found not guilty of murder. Victimhood can be rewarding.

Damaging Admissions: Increasing Faculty Diversity

Thomas Sowell | 8 February 2003
Using massive amounts of data released by Ivy League colleges and others, authors Stephen Cole and Elinor Barber test many of the beliefs behind affirmative action against the facts -- and find that most of those beliefs do not fit the facts.
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