Nebraska Negates Integration

Not known for being forward thinking, the Nebraska legislature has voted to divide its Omaha school district into three parts: one black, one white, and one Hispanic. The state’s lone black representative and sponsor of the bill, Ernie Chambers (pictured above) stated, “[t]here is no intent to create segregation.” Huh? In the past, [...]

Affirmative Action for Men: The "Boy Crisis"

From Newsweek . . . “By almost every benchmark, boys across the nation and in every demographic group are falling behind. In elementary school, boys are two times more likely than girls to be diagnosed with learning disabilities and twice as likely to be placed in special-education classes. High-school boys are losing ground to girls [...]

Quote of the Day: James Baldwin

“In the case of the American Negro, from the moment you are born every stick and stone, every face, is white. Since you have not yet seen a mirror, you suppose you are, too. It comes as a great shock around the age of 5, 6, or 7 to discover that the [...]