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‘Achieving equity’ among students ‘may require unequal distribution of resources and services’: Milwaukee Public Schools memo

“Achieving equity” among students could “require unequal distribution of resources and services,” according to a Milwaukee Public Schools memo. Obtained Young America Foundation. What are the details? Overall theme over 33 pages memo is a “disparity” in student discipline, and the document also includes instructions on anti-racism, equity, and “whiteness.” A passage on page 25 […]

A different way to finance higher education: with equity 

The recent campus crisis shows that universities are not investing enough in our nation's students. This is not surprising. Incentive structures are like that. Universities are no longer nonprofit institutions focused on higher education, but businesses where presidents like Claudine Gay act as asset managers and students act like customers. These once-respected institutions claim: tax […]

DEI opponents are using a 1866 Civil Rights law to challenge equity policies in the workplace

NEW YORK — Opponents of workplace diversity programs are increasingly using parts of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to challenge equity policies and funding for minority-owned businesses. . Section 1981 of the Act was originally intended to protect formerly enslaved people, especially black people, from economic exclusion. However, the American Equal Rights Alliance, a […]

ESPN, NFL in advanced talks on agreement that could give league equity in TV giant

ESPN and the NFL are in advanced negotiations that could result in the league acquiring a stake in ESPN, the Post reported. As part of a potential deal, Disney-owned ESPN would take control of NFL Media, including NFL Network, and the league would receive an equity stake in ESPN. With ESPN planning to go direct-to-consumer […]

‘Racial justice’ and ‘equity’ equal death in George Floyd country

Let's say the lies and ambiguity surrounding George Floyd's death in May 2020 were true. Let's assume that Mr. Floyd really died at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer and was not the result of an overdose of fentanyl or other drugs that led to cardiac arrest. Nevertheless, there is no doubt that […]