| 单词 | affirmative |
| 例句 | The most obvious is that a negative statement such as The king is not dead is harder on the reader than an affirmative one like The king is alive. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z To be clear: this is not an argument that affirmative action policies conflict with King’s dream that we might one day be “judged by the content of our character, not the color of our skin.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Judge, I'm not seeking appointment. I’ve told Mr. McMillian that we would—” The dial tone interrupted my first affirmative statement of the phone call. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “That’s affirmative,” Bull said, grinning at his son who fingered the cigarette without a trace of expertise. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mass incarceration—not attacks on affirmative action or lax civil rights enforcement—is the most damaging manifestation of the backlash against the Civil Rights Movement. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Finally, this is not an argument that affirmative action should be reconsidered simply on the grounds that it is “unfair” to white men as a group. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Once in the Oval Office, Bush stayed on message, opposing affirmative action and aggressive civil rights enforcement, and embracing the drug war with great enthusiasm. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The War on Drugs proved popular among key white voters, particularly whites who remained resentful of black progress, civil rights enforcement, and affirmative action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Nobody’s going to remember affirmative action in another twenty-five years. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The assumption was that the project would concentrate its efforts on defending affirmative action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Civil rights advocates offered no balm for the wound, publicly resisting calls for class-based affirmative action and dismissing claims of unfairness on the grounds that whites had been enjoying racial preferences for hundreds of years. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Shouldn’t we direct scarce resources to battles that are more easily won, such as affirmative action? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Still, it was impossible to be a black kid at a mostly white school and not feel the shadow of affirmative action. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Even after publicly voicing objections to affirmative action, I accepted its benefits. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z For decades, civil rights leaders have been saying things like “we all want a colorblind society, we just disagree how to get there” in defense of race-conscious programs like affirmative action or racial data collection. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In the late 1960s nonwhite Americans clamored for access to higher education, and I became a principal beneficiary of the academy’s response, its programs of affirmative action. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The foregoing could be read as a ringing endorsement of affirmative action and other diversity initiatives. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z We may improve some school districts, prolong affirmative action for another decade or two, or force some police departments to condemn racial profiling, but we will not put a dent in the prevailing caste system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “I suppose I was dying again, so I asked the Lord of Permanent Affection for the strength to live the day. Clearly, the answer came in the affirmative.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, but the question ‘Was it later?’ can also be answered in the affirmative. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, an attack on the University of Michigan’s affirmative action program recently went all the way to the US Supreme Court. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z But if, as he forever insisted, the Alien and Sedition Acts never enjoyed his enthusiastic support, Abigail’s unequivocal endorsement of the legislation almost surely tilted the decision toward the affirmative. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I was about to admit the injustice of affirmative action. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Worse, affirmative action made me the beneficiary of his condition. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want the court to think that Ralph was robotically denying everything I asked him, so I asked a question that required an affirmative answer. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z To the boys, he seemed at times almost devoid of emotion, yet year after year he somehow managed to stir the deepest and most affirmative emotions many of them had ever known. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I was on record as being opposed to affirmative action. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Viewed from this perspective, affirmative action no longer appears entirely progressive. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Ironically, it was because of what I was so well taught in the classroom that my unease over affirmative action deepened. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Diversity-driven affirmative action, as described and implemented today, sends a different message. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He’s the vice president of somethin’ or other—some office they created when affirmative action was real popular. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Opening up colleges to new kinds of students has generally meant one thing over the last generation: affirmative action. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The attention of civil rights advocates has been largely devoted to other issues, such as affirmative action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z One might wonder, what does affirmative action have to do with mass incarceration? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Officially the academy never lost its enthusiasm for affirmative action during the years I was a student. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Disqualify myself from the profession as long as affirmative action continued? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And this is not an argument that affirmative action has made no difference in the lives of poor or working-class African Americans—as some have claimed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The University of Michigan law school, like many elite US educational institutions, uses a policy of affirmative action when it comes to applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z By now I was biting away at the offending cuticle, but out of the corner of my eye I could see Call nodding his head vigorously, pumping up for a big affirmative statement. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z What solely concerned them was that affirmative action limited their chances, their plans. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Logically speaking, a sentence with a naysaying word like not, no, neither, nor, or never is just the mirror image of an affirmative sentence. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The Retrieval Squad roared military-type affirmatives, coaxing as many metallic noises from their weapons as possible. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Receiving an affirmative nod, the prisoner’s spiritual adviser stepped into an adjacent room, which was crowded with expectant policemen, and elatedly issued an invitation: “Come on in. The boy’s ready to make a statement.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Jared: I’d like to discuss how affirmative action discriminates against members of the majority. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I think we would have talked about creating affirmative action programs for women in the music world. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Against this backdrop, diversity-driven affirmative action programs seem to be the epitome of racial justice purchased on the cheap. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In view of all this, we must ask, to what extent has affirmative action helped us remain blind to, and in denial about, the existence of a racial undercaste? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I continued to speak out in opposition to affirmative action. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z White students in the seventies frequently complained to me about affirmative action. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Fire departments, police departments, and other public agencies have been integrated, at least in part, due to affirmative action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But I was increasingly annoyed by the fact that the white students who complained about affirmative action never bothered to complain that it was unfair to lower-class whites. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z For some reason, teachers always chose the best debaters to be on the affirmative, and I was one of them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “That is affirmative, Captain. That is affirmative. We’ll go up at the beginning of next week to see if you’re as good with a jet as you are with your mouth.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Impossible to reply to this in the affirmative: my little world held a contrary opinion: I was silent. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z A group of ClockWatchers—half of them women, and half of them men—all in matching blue suits, raised brown leather briefcases in an affirmative salute. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Many supported affirmative action, assuming that only access kept minority Americans out of college. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z For several reasons, and not least because I didn’t clearly know what Mr. Jaggers would be found to be “at,” I replied in the affirmative. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Immigration. affirmative action, multilingualism, ethnic diversity—my state of California was among the pioneers of these controversial policies and is now pioneering a backlash against them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z During the past twenty years, virtually every progressive, national civil rights organization in the country has mobilized and rallied in defense of affirmative action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She answered in the affirmative, and, unable to resist the temptation, added, “When you met us there the other day, we had just been forming a new acquaintance.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z The affirmative reply I received with much relief, since it was inconceivable that my sister could think about settling in Denmark after two weeks of an eccentric country house. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Civil rights activists have created a national movement to save affirmative action, complete with the marches, organizing, and media campaigns, as well as incessant strategy meetings, conferences, and litigation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Remarkably, affirmative action passed as a program of the Left. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z This is one reason that affirmative action programs are so controversial. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z There is no broad-based movement brewing to end mass incarceration and no advocacy effort that approaches in scale the fight to preserve affirmative action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z They say the very rich have too much power, and they favor the idea of class-based affirmative action to help those at the bottom. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I’m supposed to make it only because of affirmative action. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Our elite universities would whiten overnight if affirmative action suddenly disappeared. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z When we pull back the curtain and take a look at what our so-called colorblind society creates without affirmative action, we see a familiar social, political, and economic structure—the structure of racial caste. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I have argued particularly against two government programs—affirmative action and bilingual education. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned and gave his version of a smile, which was a slight affirmative, the lips barely curled, the lower lip out in front. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z What campus officials had implied about them—through the policy of affirmative action—the students came to believe, seizing upon the idea of belonging at once to academia and to the society of the disadvantaged. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She just chewed, but it seemed to me that I discerned something affirmative, acquiescent even if it wasn’t eager, in her air. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z King himself would have almost certainly endorsed affirmative action as a remedy, at least under some circumstances. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In 1974 I published an essay admitting unease over becoming the beneficiary of affirmative action. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Positive divided by negative is negative. Negative divided by affirmative is negative.” Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Why spend so much valuable time writing and arguing about affirmative action? he wondered. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z This narrow approach to social change is reflected in the justifications offered for affirmative action, most notably the claim that “previous outsiders, once given a chance, will exercise power differently.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But by the late seventies the debate over affirmative action concerned itself only with the rights of white middle-class students. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya nearly answered in the affirmative—that was like asking if Ivan knew what the moon was—but then she stopped. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Because I was not a cultural minority, I was extremely well placed to enjoy the advantages of affirmative action. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And to what extent have the battles over affirmative action distracted us and diverted crucial resources and energy away from dismantling the structures of racial inequality? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But affirmative action was never supposed to address broad economic inequities, just the ones that stem from specific kinds of discrimination. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Then went on to demand the ‘solution’ of affirmative action, thereby repeating the mistake of claiming benefits for the relative few because of the absence of the many. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was a problem: One day I listened approvingly to a government official defend affirmative action; the next day I realized the benefits of the program. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone at the sherry party had wondered if the professor had seen my latest article on affirmative action. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Negative sentences are easy when the reader already has an affirmative in mind or can create one on short notice; all he has to do is pin a “false” tag onto it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Positive divided by positive, or negative by negative, is affirmative,” he wrote. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In the era of affirmative action it became more and more difficult to distinguish the middle-class victim of social oppression from the lower-class victim. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The predictable response is that civil rights advocates are as committed to challenging mass incarceration and other forms of structural racism as they are to preserving affirmative action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z We were also committed to extensive affirmative action measures in both the private and public sectors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Luke gave an affirmative grunt, but he had already stopped listening—especially when Toby began dissecting the girl’s jacket further, her hair, which Toby described as “messy but in a hot way.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z This weird New England affirmative—maybe it is spelled “aie-huh”—always made me laugh, as Finny knew, so I had to laugh, which made me feel less sarcastic and less scared. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s also the second reason Michigan Law School couldn’t find a difference between its affirmative action graduates and the rest of its alumni. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Maybe if I knew what affirmative action was I’d feel uncomfortable, too. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z More often, the context makes it clear which affirmative statement was plausible in the first place, and hence which one the writer is going to the trouble of denying. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The strategy of affirmative action, finally, did not take seriously the educational dilemma of disadvantaged students. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In the seventies, as more and more Americans spoke out against affirmative action, university presidents were forced to take the defense. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The fact is that I complied with affirmative action. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, affirmative action helps to make the emergence of a new racial caste system seem implausible. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Progressives concerned about racial justice in this period were mostly silent about the War on Drugs, preferring to channel their energy toward defense of affirmative action and other perceived gains of the Civil Rights Movement. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And he said that the reason I was a beneficiary of affirmative action was simple: I was a Chicano. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A cheerful affirmative letter wishing me a pleasant journey came by return post from Washington. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z SJ: You said affirmative action “discriminates against members of the majority,” and you cited Jus’s acceptance to Yale and your lack thereof as supporting evidence for that assertion. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z According to Thomas, affirmative action is the most recent attempt by white people to brand and belittle black people as inferior. Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Throughout an afternoon hour at a Midtown hotel, Jackman came across as a curious performer who leads with the affirmative; his is a disarming charm sculpted out of consideration and confidence. Hugh Jackman Is Having Fun Playing as ‘Arrogant as You Possibly Can’ 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z But the action shifts from questions of Charles's guilt or innocence to internal politics and the issue of whether Susan is a victim of discrimination or the dubious product of affirmative action. Race 2013-05-30T14:34:03Z Actually, they probably deserve a few thousand, you know, to make up for that whole male affirmative action program we’re running here called “the entire history of the world.” TED: Even more elitist than we thought 2012-05-18T12:40:00Z Even more unforgivably, we see Samantha wearing the same appalling but expensive dress as Miley Cyrus, playing herself in a scene that's supposed to be comic and affirmative but is just witheringly sad. "Sex and the City 2's" incomprehensible badness 2010-05-27T00:20:00Z Herrnstein and Murray offered validation for Americans raging about pathological blacks and crime, welfare and affirmative action. A History of Race and Racism in America, in 24 Chapters 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z According to Thomas, affirmative action by the state crushes the dignity of blacks and assumes their moral inferiority, but the same is not true for gays if the state denies them the right to marry. How Should We Understand Clarence Thomas? 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z It arguably opens him to charges of naivete, but perhaps it is also that his affirmative insistence is a corrective to our 21st-century news-junkie reticence and fear. Cannes 2013: A Story of Children and Film – review 2013-05-17T16:25:01Z Justice Anthony M. Kennedy described it as “unprecedented” for the federal government to impose an “affirmative duty” on people to buy a product. Justices signal trouble for healthcare law 2012-03-27T17:10:00Z It’s very diatonic; it’s thrillingly orchestrated; it’s rhythmically predictable; it’s affirmative; it’s transparently foursquare. A Rare Performance of Elgar’s ‘Gigantic Work’ 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z However, there’s certainly something affirmative and cathartic about the experience. 20,000 lesbians in the desert: welcome to the Dinah, a world without men 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z They come for some thrills and scares and “sweetly affirmative” bromides, and then return home with some pictures, just like at any tourist trap. ‘Westworld,’ Season 1, Episode 5: The Search for Meaning 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z In one episode, Larry unintentionally but repeatedly insults a black dermatologist with a joke about affirmative action. Should we forgive ‘Friends’ for feeling a little offensive in 2016? 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Another suffers a lunch companion who complains that because of affirmative action, her son cannot attend the same school that she, her father, her grandfather “and you” all attended. Claudia Rankine on ‘Citizen’ and Racial Politics 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z Perhaps the most insidious of those experiments, for Thomas, is affirmative action, which he has long opposed. Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Black and Jewish relationships seemed to fail when their political nets extended beyond voting rights into debates on, for instance, affirmative action and Israel. "Blacks and Jews" authors: "Whoopi is not the enemy" but "it may be too late" for America anyway 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z Both fizzed and resolved, with vamps and grooves and tight melodies: positive from start to finish, easygoing and affirmative and cohesive. Review: George Cables Trio at the Village Vanguard 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z My peers who oppose affirmative action, for example, insist that admission to college should be based purely on merit, not skin color. Motherlode Blog: 'I'm Spoiled, but I'm Not a Brat' 2012-09-23T12:01:06Z The Supreme Court allows states to ban affirmative action in university admissions. A post-racial America? August Wilson would disagree White rabble-rousers might invoke “reverse discrimination” to motivate racist voters, but to conservative intellectuals affirmative action simply violates the plain meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Book That Predicted Trump 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z At Summer Jam, these urges to write local history — acts of regional affirmative action — will always outstrip any efforts to be inclusive of outsiders. Music Review: Axis of Hip-Hop Brings a Crowd to the Stage 2011-06-06T14:32:30Z It was mesmerizing, affirmative, flexible and incredibly artful. Music Review: At Lincoln Center, Using Both Sound and Silence 2010-09-26T06:11:00Z The question that has to be answered in the affirmative by the staff, he says, is “Do we love that person?” Review | Little Pearl is the easiest route yet to Aaron Silverman’s whimsical food 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z There are challenges to affirmative action now, and the ultimate challenge is the Harvard case. Henry Louis Gates Jr. on why Jay-Z is wrong about racism dying off 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Urofsky reveals that many presidents, administrators and activists, while proclaiming soft affirmative action, have struggled to make it work. Affirmative Action: The Uniquely American Experiment 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z University of Texas last year upheld the university’s right to use race as a factor in admissions, affirmative action policies continue to be scrutinized. Deep Thinking on Affirmative Action 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z But for the most part, the Biden inaugurals were soothingly wholesome, unhip and affirmative — family entertainment hoping to reunite a fractious American family. At Biden’s Inaugural Events, the Music Was Earnestly Reassuring 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z In both instances, the music is fused with racist sentiment, first in an affirmative sense and then in a critical one. A Closer Look at Wagner and #OscarsSoWhite 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Clock Neil LaBute’s name among the lineup, and you know that this affirmative evening will make room for at least a shadow or two. | 'Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays': ?Standing on Ceremony? at Minetta Lane Theater - Review 2011-11-14T03:01:01Z So the folks who didn't answer in the affirmative aren't necessarily opposed to a female president — they may just think a candidate's platforms are more important than his or her gender. Far more Democrats than Republicans hope to see female president 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Government policy of affirmative action favors bumiputra — literally, “sons of the soil” — in education, business, state employment and even the arts. T Magazine: Beyond the Melting Pot 2011-05-16T19:45:36Z These include the distribution of political resources, the implementation of affirmative action policies, and the enforcement of anti-discrimination laws. Daughters of Interracial Couples are More Likely To Say They are Multiracial 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z “Jitney” is a lament that has the affirmative ring of celebration. Review: August Wilson’s ‘Jitney’ Magnifies Marginalized Souls 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z The answers to which are a series of affirmative yeses. How to choose the Best Young British Novelists 2013-04-16T12:43:52Z After a few months of ambiguous box-office results for stereoscopic movies, that’s a question Hollywood executives would love answered in the affirmative, because of the higher ticket prices they can charge. ?Classic 3-D,? Straight From ?50s, at Film Forum 2010-08-12T22:45:00Z India has the most comprehensive affirmative action programme in the world and downgrading would have qualified the protestors for valuable quota schemes in welfare, education and government jobs. How Bollywood is starting to deal with India's caste system 2010-12-16T22:30:02Z As a lawyer, Lang specialized in affirmative action and spent time as general counsel at the U.S. Jane Lang, the spark behind H Street’s Atlas theater, steps out of the spotlight 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Urofsky claims not to make the case for or against affirmative action but admits to being “conflicted” on the matter. Affirmative Action: The Uniquely American Experiment 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z But despite losing a cinema release, he points with hope to the “sense of community in lockdown, the sense of something bigger. People are looking for a bit of structure in their lives, something affirmative.” 'It's a mistresspiece!': the 14-hour film about forgotten female directors 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z This line extends to affirmative action, which he calls “racial injustice.” Patrick Buchanan Reveals Himself to Be the First Trumpist 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z How each affirmative in the series offers a new opportunity to pick up on the irony? Have we forgotten how to read critically? 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z The exhibition nods to a more affirmative doubling: that of friendship and creative collaboration. This week's new exhibitions 2010-06-25T23:06:00Z “The Beloved World,” aimed at readers 10 and older, discusses real-world issues such as racism, privilege and affirmative action. ‘I don’t baby anyone’: The tough-love message in Sonia Sotomayor’s new books 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z “Everybody remember that consent is affirmative consent,” Frank said before blues-punk burner “Saturday Night.” Capitol Hill Block Party rages on with #MeToo undertones 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z In other videos, he posed measured questions about affirmative action to his screaming counterparts. White pride in my classroom 2013-06-05T00:00:00Z "Diverse films are being made, but they are not necessarily being picked up for distribution," said Rebecca Yee, SAG national director and senior EEO counsel for affirmative action and diversity. Black actors face snub at Oscars 2010-10-01T07:41:00Z But I can't help but wonder how many of these women took university slots or jobs that were set aside to help the descendants of American slaves, which was the original intention of affirmative action. Daughters of African Immigrants Use the Stage to Tell of Two Worlds 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z His use of the term “welfare underclass” seemed to have a not-so-hooded connotation, and he was a sponsor of legislation to weaken the state’s affirmative action statues. I shook hands with a Klansman 2013-03-10T13:00:00Z What followed were intensive years reporting the university’s affirmative action trials and presidential politics. Student newspaper sued 2012-07-12T14:32:00Z Almost 46% were on board, citing dishes like lobster macaroni and cheese, cream cheese bagels with lox and shrimp with cheese grits as affirmative reasons. Consider the lobster thermidor: In defense of mixing seafood and cheese — sometimes 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z A little less conventional was the affirmative chant that followed. Dance Review: Confusion and Abs: Everybody! 2011-02-14T15:57:18Z Ernst was undone not by his own actions but by Singer’s decades-old habit of misrepresenting white clients as minorities to qualify them for affirmative action. The Unseen Student Victims of the “Varsity Blues” College-Admissions Scandal 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z This is a question that — if answered in the affirmative — will set a dangerous legal precedent for gender discriminatory laws, and could establish de facto fetal personhood by judicial fiat. Tennessee woman may face a double prison sentence — just for being pregnant 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Although they seem to float in space, their shadows are carefully rendered, as if these affirmative details of traditional representation can’t be sundered from the objects themselves, which are otherwise abstracted from the world. Review | Why is this genius artist only now getting a show worthy of her art? 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z The lesson: Turning a blind eye to how money puts full fists on the scale permits affirmative action for the rich to run amok. A Separate and Unequal System of College Admissions 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z The decision could either limit the use of affirmative action or broadly forbid using race as an admissions factor. High Court takes affirmative action case 2012-02-21T15:43:00Z "Inception's" nods for best picture and original screenplay are basically affirmative action for commercial cinema. Winners and losers of today's Oscar noms 2011-01-25T17:20:00Z Its affirmative message — on T-shirts and tote bags — is “Question Everything.” I Spy at New York’s Museum of Deception 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z As much as I love Jay-Z and Beyoncé's music, and I'm happy for their wealth, the Supreme Court is about to dismantle affirmative action. Henry Louis Gates Jr. on why Jay-Z is wrong about racism dying off 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z But Mr. Deresiewicz does propose things like smaller classes, teachers who are more committed to their students than to their research and basing affirmative action on class rather than on race. ‘Excellent Sheep,’ William Deresiewicz’s Manifesto 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z The eulogies for Leonard will be affirmative, loving and respectful. Chekov Remembers Spock: Walter Koenig on Leonard Nimoy 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Initially bright, affirmative and unanimous in its Minimalist pulsations, the piece grew unruly, with individual musicians breaking away from the dominant ensemble theme for passages of free expression. Critic?s Notebook: Festival Where Boundary-Defying Musicians Mix and Mingle 2011-01-18T23:29:03Z The California legislature recently passed a law that would change those standards for the state’s colleges and universities, requiring institutions receiving state-funded student aid to adopt affirmative consent policies. New York Times comes out in favor of affirmative consent laws 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z At the same time, though, he’s an often relentlessly sunny, affirmative writer. Michael Pollan Drops Acid — and Comes Back From His Trip Convinced 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z A white woman complains to a black woman on a campus visit that affirmative action kept her son from attending the college. 'Citizen: An American Lyric' meditates on the trauma of racism 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z That “colorblind” doctrine has driven many of the right’s favored legal causes in recent years, most prominently its efforts to roll back voting rights protections and affirmative action in elite college admissions. The Power of the Supreme Court Inside America’s Schools 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z This scenario speaks to the objections to affirmative action, making the play especially timely as the Supreme Court considers race-based college admissions. How Female Playwrights Are Adapting, and Revamping, ‘Macbeth’ 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z But at some point, a convention has to make an affirmative case for its candidate. Battle of the Network Stars: Trump vs. Clinton 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z That question’s answered strongly in the affirmative by the various Red Room scenes in these two hours, which string together some of the most beautifully and jarringly bizarre images on TV since ... well, “Twin Peaks.” ‘Twin Peaks’ Season 3, Episodes 1-2: Back in Style 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z But as off-kilter as this predicament is, and as icky as the filmmakers sometimes dare to be, the resolution is curiously sweet and affirmative. Film: They Grow Up So Quickly, Don?t They? 2010-07-09T04:31:00Z “I’m going to move forward with Food Network on doing a late-night variety talk show,” he said, after receiving affirmative responses from fans. Alton Brown's Good Eats to get online sequel, Food Network star reveals 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Greg says, “Yes. I merely wish to answer in the affirmative fashion.” The Trash-Talk Pyrotechnics of the “Succession” Finale 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z And benediction comes in a concluding, litany-like chanting of the names of famous Borromini churches, settling on a serene, affirmative, distinctly terminal D minor chord. Music Review: Beating the ‘Curse of the Ninth’ 2014-02-04T13:01:10Z In this short period of time, they're so scared that they want to ban affirmative action. "Black AF History" author on whitewashing the past: "They have tried every way possible to erase us" 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z He distinguishes between what he calls soft and hard affirmative action, the first aimed at removing barriers only, the second attempting positive action that results in the observable betterment of the excluded group. Affirmative Action: The Uniquely American Experiment 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z In the same way that enslavement marked all black people, free or slave, as inferior, affirmative action—here Thomas borrows directly from the language of Plessy v. Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z He replies in the affirmative: "Quite frankly, I think a lot of them are." What can you learn from Arnie's boyhood home? 2011-08-02T22:45:00Z In the ultimate irony, it’s trying to preserve affirmative action by acknowledging that its admissions process favors wealthy whites. The fight against affirmative action at Harvard could threaten rich whites 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z But it's the Rigoletto quartet that becomes an affirmative metaphor for the community's effort. Quartet – review 2013-01-06T00:08:41Z “Represent” transforms what might have been little more than an exercise in curatorial affirmative action into a meditation on the burdens and possibilities of racial identity. Playing tag 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Despite all the reprehensible behavior, the novels come around to be both affirmative and redemptive. What is Paul Rudnick Doing Writing Young Adult Fiction? 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z And London’s affirmative use of bright color is providing a powerful counterpoint to the classic shades of the return-to-minimalist looks. Special Report: Ballet Russes Takes a Bow 2010-09-21T10:50:00Z The movie's title means "reservation," a reference to affirmative action quotas for India's untouchables, also known as dalits, in jobs and education. Bollywood film on caste stirs controversy in India 2011-08-12T10:57:08Z The dissonances underneath some of the uplifting simple affirmative chords add an increased tension in the string version. Dudamel leads a dark and satisfying dose of Mozart and Pärt 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Duke runs down a list of the policy issues that would help extend white supremacy: voting rights, affirmative action, and more. BlacKkKlansman: the grim topicality of Spike Lee's 70s-set KKK film 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Albrecht had discarded a petal so that the answer would land on the affirmative. Skylar Brandt: A Ballerina Invests in Herself 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z With so much damage done, in the United States and around the world, there needs to be a much more affirmative approach. Perspective | Trump is leaving press freedom in tatters. Biden can take these bold steps to repair the damage. 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z “He disguises the ‘right’ as a question, but really it’s the opposite: a flat, affectless confirmation of whatever he himself just said, a brief affirmative pause between one confident statement and the next,” she wrote. The Rise and Fall of ‘ZuckTalk’ 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z The first movement went at a tremendous, irresistible pace, the slow one stayed just on the right side of sentimentality, the scherzo was a tissue of delicate tracery, the finale joyously affirmative. Daniel Hope and Friends 2010-09-29T20:59:00Z Such examinations run counter to our current desire for affirmative representation. What I Wanted to Say in ‘The Inheritance.’ And What I Didn’t. 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z To those who say it, reply: “White males have enjoyed cen-tu-ries of egregious affirmative action. If my son proves that’s ending, amen.” Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How to respond when people imply your son got burned by affirmative action? 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Then came a series of what I call “affirmative action” books — collections of pithy proverbs and quotes from prominent historical and contemporary black people meant to inspire the desire to implement concrete positive action. For Future Generations, It’s Time to Reflect on Black Art 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z After the high court endorsed continued affirmative action through O’Connor’s opinion, Texas university officials announced they would again give a preference to "underrepresented minorities" beyond those who were admitted under the "Top Ten" policy. High Court takes affirmative action case 2012-02-21T15:43:00Z What is so impressive, though, is that this portrait of Scotland is questioning and sceptical, rather than closed and affirmative. Why the Royal Albert Memorial Museum won the Art Fund prize 2012-06-20T09:12:01Z It’s about money, yes, but not in the sense of Warhol’s breathlessly affirmative adage, “Making money is art, and work is art and good business is the best art.” Art Review: Spendable Art That?s Not for Sale 2011-06-02T21:33:14Z University of Texas, gives the Roberts court its first opportunity to rule on the constitutionality of affirmative action in higher education. High Court takes affirmative action case 2012-02-21T15:43:00Z The piece has stirred all kinds of debate about what the artist's motivations could have been: Was this a coy way of commenting on affirmative action, on the supposed "advantages" conferred on certain underrepresented minorities? Art and race at the Whitney: Rethinking the Donelle Woolford piece 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z This can definitely be uncomfortable for those who had gotten used to holding the mike, but I think you can almost draw an analogy with affirmative action. Why we fight about Colbert and Lena Dunham: Twitter politics are all we have left 2014-03-29T16:00:00Z In his juxtaposition of art and life, Renoir contrives an ending, bitter yet affirmative, that combines irony, pathos and self-reflection in one transcendent image. ‘La Chienne’ and ‘A Married Woman’: The Better Half, in Dark Strokes 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Rather, he views affirmative action as a “positive good,” a moral necessity and the responsible choice in a society marred by historical race-based inequity. Deep Thinking on Affirmative Action 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Specifics vary from place to place, but only a handful of U.S. states now define consent as requiring an affirmative act — a freely given agreement in words or actions. For One Bill Cosby Juror, the Work Did Not End With the Trial 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z “Welcome to New York,” she tells Evelyn after asking if she is Puerto Rican and receiving an affirmative answer. Review: ‘Pike St.,’ Where One Woman Speaks for All 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z It won't take long for this question to be answered in the affirmative. How Facebook could get you arrested 2013-03-09T19:20:01Z How do I shut down comments implying that my son — a White male from a privileged Zip code — was rejected because of affirmative action? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How to respond when people imply your son got burned by affirmative action? 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z The rhythm of “The Giverny Suite” feels solid and confident, but the tone less consistently affirmative. What to See Right Now in New York Art Galleries 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Ms. Sells described herself as “an affirmative action baby,” and said that as both a dancer and a law student she had encountered racism, both overt and insidious, that made her feel unwelcome. The Metropolitan Opera Hires Its First Chief Diversity Officer 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z Below, two books delve into the debate, while another shows why affirmative action may not be enough. Deep Thinking on Affirmative Action 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z New social policies like affirmative action and school busing affected white blue-collar families far more than they did the more privileged classes that spawned many antiwar activists. The Day the White Working Class Turned Republican 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” started several years before two words, “and women,” were inserted into an F.C.C. affirmative action clause pertaining to television station hiring. ‘Making It on My Own,’ With Mary Tyler Moore as a Guide 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z The phenomenon is sometimes called “magical contagion,” and the authors strongly suggest an affirmative answer to the question posed by the paper’s title, “Are Artworks More Like People Than Artifacts?” The Met and Other Museums Adapt to the Digital Age 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z An overhead shot displays the two men as a yin and yang arrangement – affirmative to negative, big to small, strong to weak – something a guy with a vanity license plate reading "NAMAST3" may have appreciated. "Better Call Saul" goes deeper into the grey as it accelerates toward the end 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z A quick look around the room answered that question mostly in the affirmative. Review: Roslyn Kind Swoons to an Era 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z “I believe the practice needs to be mended, not ended,” he said, sampling President Bill Clinton’s words from a 1995 speech about affirmative action. ‘Girls’ still racist 2012-06-22T16:56:00Z But if Blum is successful, that decision could greatly threaten the future of affirmative action in higher education. The entrenched segregation of New York City's public high schools 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z The affirmative nature of all of the Jarrells’ work is the primary message here, however, despite whatever shape it assumes. New York Art Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z The second way affirmative action continues white supremacy is by elevating whites to the status of benefactors, doling out scarce privileges to those black people they deem worthy. Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z But, in a rare lapse, he fails to consider the insidious effects of writing racial advantage into law through programs like affirmative action and the creation of majority-minority electoral districts. Does an Intellectual History of the Trump Era Exist? It Does Now 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z “It was never designed to be an affirmative action mechanism,” Aaron Dworkin said in an interview. They Were Ahead of the Curve on Diversity in Classical Music 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Yiannopoulos has waded into race issues, seemingly tweaking affirmative action supporters by offering a “privilege grant” in early 2016 that was exclusively for white males “in support of their secondary education.” Bannon molded Breitbart into a far-right sledgehammer. How it will be wielded in the Trump era? 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Antonioni’s sense of China as offering a “vast repertoire of human behavior” might seem patronizing, but his travelogue is generally affirmative and admiring as well as entrancing. Forgotten Masterpiece: Antonioni’s Travelogue From China 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Moreover, without affirmative action, universities would likely look for other ways to sustain minority and low-income enrollment. The fight against affirmative action at Harvard could threaten rich whites 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Either the Harvard case, or a similar lawsuit against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, could put an end to affirmative action. The fight against affirmative action at Harvard could threaten rich whites 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z His defenders believe that Thomas is advancing a common conservative line—that affirmative action is a form of reverse racism, which imposes illegitimate burdens on whites. Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Rousseff, in particular, signed a significant affirmative action law that many believe helped foster a new, more vocal generation of Black intellectuals in Brazil. Brazil’s Lula Promised ‘More Books in Place of Guns.’ Can He Deliver? 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z It’s like affirmative action; it means nothing anymore — the words become vanilla. Ava DuVernay on Modern Slavery in America 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z The Senate has been called “affirmative action for white people”, as the average black American has only 75% of the representation of the average white American, and the average Hispanic American just 55% as much. John Oliver on Amy Coney Barrett's likely confirmation: 'It's going to hurt for a long time' 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z “David Hockney is an incredibly popular artist, and he’s known for his very affirmative, cheerful images,” Mr. Stephens said. David Hockney Takes a Fresh Look at Portraiture 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z An answer in the affirmative typically leads to a discussion of specific gems. Bindaas review: A hot spot for Indian snacks, from the team behind Rasika 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z You don’t want it to feel like some sort of affirmative action. Donald Glover on Those Lando Calrissian and Spider-Man Rumors 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z His appointments included Arthur Fletcher, “the father of affirmative action.” Can You Be Black and Republican? 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Here in Telluride it took its place among a number of movies about parents and children, not all of them quite so sunny and affirmative. At the Telluride Film Festival, Both Magic and Normalcy 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z "Direct affirmative action 1960s style is what we need," he said. Maldives president takes on US in Hay call for direct action on climate 2010-05-29T16:35:00Z It doesn’t matter if some African-Americans succeed without affirmative action. Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Whatever attitudes N.F.L. fans may hold about affirmative action, the league operates on a highly successful version of it. Football and Politics 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z I know he’s happy to have Judith back, but Rick shouldn’t have let her baby gurgle be the affirmative sign he needed to say yes. The Walking Dead: season five, episode two – recap 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z In the first decade of the 20th century, W. E. B. Du Bois founded journals that combined reporting on race-based abuses with affirmative visual content, often in the form of photographic portraits of blacks. Art Review: ?For All the World to See,? on Civil Rights Era 2010-05-20T21:48:00Z Kev’s story would certainly indicate that the answer is in the affirmative. The art of rock ‘n’ roll belongs to the Rolling Stones 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Indeed, the best protection for affirmative action may be the threat that its elimination would pose to legacy preference. The fight against affirmative action at Harvard could threaten rich whites 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Like Wilder and Copland, and perhaps Willa Cather before them, Wood was as affirmative as he was transgressive. Review | The wonderfully queer world of ‘American Gothic’s’ Grant Wood 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Tensions rise when one classmate accuses him of unfairly benefiting from affirmative action and another dresses as a Klansman for Halloween. Love and Other Ties That Bind in This Fall’s Y.A. Novels 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Busted, I nodded in the affirmative and mumbled “I will do better” to his accusation that my carbon footprint was too big. The ugly, exhausting reality of parenting, and why we hide it from our children 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Much to his surprise, the reply came in the affirmative, and he had an audience with Father Gabriele Amorth one week later. William Friedkin: 'You don’t know a damn thing, and neither do I' 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z It was supposed to be an affirmative piece, and occasionally sounded like a cheerier version of Dido's Lament. Wozzeck; A Scream and an Outrage – review 2013-05-18T23:05:43Z There are, he added, “some touching and amusing zigzags on the way to the film’s sweet and affirmative conclusion.” What’s on TV This Week: The Oscars and a Greta Thunberg Documentary 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z Baldwin responded in the affirmative, earning a somewhat snarky reply from the judge: "Be a good boy from now on. Have a good day!" Alec Baldwin gets chance to 'be a good boy' in disorderly conduct case 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Eliciting — coercing, some might say — affirmative statements hardly seems the right way to oppose authoritarianism. Putin’s Maestro, and the Limits of Cultural Exchange in Wartime 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z After the trial, Ms. Carmel was approached by Joyce Short, founder of the Consent Awareness Network, who is trying to get affirmative definitions introduced into states’ laws. For One Bill Cosby Juror, the Work Did Not End With the Trial 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z No, he doesn’t think the Supreme Court should legislate affirmative action, gay marriage or abortion rights. Drama about Antonin Scalia plays out like 'Beauty and the Beast' 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Duke and his allies are developing an electoral strategy based on potent, divisive issues like immigration, affirmative action and tax reform that could eventually lead to the White House. Review: In ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ Spike Lee Journeys Into White America’s Heart of Darkness 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z His scores were lower than Erin’s even though the dance was clearly better -- another by-product of the judges’ affirmative action for Erin and a transparent attempt to build tension in the results. "Dancing with the Stars" recap: The end is near 2010-05-25T12:26:00Z The students, members of the College Republicans, argued that the speech code governing campus housing censored them from expressing their opposition to gay rights, women’s rights and affirmative action. Wounded in Crossfire of a Capital Culture War 2011-03-30T11:57:54Z Of course, you may say token or affirmative action, but, hey, she left her mark and is a great role model. Princeton Digs Deep Into Its Fraught Racial History 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z So rather than labeling yourself as an atheist, it might help to think of yourself as someone with an affirmative belief system that doesn’t happen to include an unseen omniscient force. I’m a Proud Atheist. Why Shouldn’t I Tell My Religious In-Laws? 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Last month, the LDF delivered closing arguments in the federal trial defending Harvard's right to consider race as one component of a holistic admissions process, also known as affirmative action. Who "belongs" at elite universities? The raging hypocrisy of higher ed gatekeeping 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z When she was named a finalist for the program, she saw it as an affirmative sign to pursue her acting career, so, in 2000, she moved to Los Angeles. Aida Rodriguez Wants You to Laugh at the Pain 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Now his name is a bare synonym for sexual prowess, or worse — Casanova went to bed with his own daughter, and several of his romances fell well short of the contemporary bar of affirmative consent. On the Trail of a Lover Boy in the Age of Enlightenment 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z I have expressed to him that I would like him to visit and he always responds in the affirmative, but never follows through. My dad never visits 2013-01-09T01:00:00Z Given that, choosing a female host for this empty slot isn’t a matter of affirmative action — it’s just smart business. Jon Stewart's 'Daily Show' Replacement Should Be a Woman 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Several women who responded to my polls in the affirmative say they do this work on behalf of their partners because they're simply better at it. Holiday shopping is not just women’s work 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z They are loud and often crude, and so is she as she takes swing after swing at Scalia, starting with his views on affirmative action and Roe v. Wade. Review | Gero still rules as Scalia in ‘The Originalist’ 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z He is making an affirmative and hence exemplary and heroic response to that which André Malraux describes as la condition humaine.” Albert Murray, Essayist Who Challenged the Conventional, Dies at 97 2013-08-19T16:57:56Z Jewel tones and childlike drawings add to the joy quotient in “The Okay Book,” Todd Parr’s relentlessly affirmative, warmly oddball book. Illustrated Books to Help Children Embrace Their Differences 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z He added that it “backs away from close looking for the affirmative comforts of social-justice-themed pop culture.” Hannah Gadsby’s Picasso Show Was Meant to Ignite Debate. And It Did. 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z The court has been closely split on affirmative action since 1978. High Court takes affirmative action case 2012-02-21T15:43:00Z As a serious journalist, I refrained from replying in the affirmative. Empire at the Paley Festival: why fans nearly faint when stars are in the room 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z Those answering in the affirmative argue that narcissism is dangerously on the increase and visible everywhere: in rampant consumerism and failed marriages, on Facebook and Twitter, in the executive suite and the halls of government. Lay off Kim and Kanye! Why millennials actually aren’t “Generation Me” 2014-04-06T15:00:00Z But what really drives the movie is its own search for something to make fun of, and for a comic style that can feel credibly naughty while remaining ultimately safe and affirmative. Movie Review: ‘We’re the Millers,’ With Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis 2013-08-06T22:54:28Z Landau hopes that “Dave’s” emotional calisthenics touch people the way the show moves her, reminding us in Dave’s affirmative rise of what it means to be an American. Can ‘Dave,’ a feel-good musical about a humane president, make Washington feel better? 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z It is questionable, however, whether affirmative action could have solved all or even most of the problems of blacks, women and other disadvantaged groups. Affirmative Action: The Uniquely American Experiment 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z The first season of this comedian’s weekly Netflix show returns from its winter hiatus with new episodes about sneaker experts, affirmative action and the SAT. What’s on TV Sunday: The Grammys and ‘Patriot Act’ 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z He knew the answer would be an affirmative roar. Music Review: True Guitar Hero, With More Love and Less Leer 2010-12-16T22:00:26Z They get affirmative action, sympathy and welfare — “checks for the listless and idle.” Why Do People Who Need Help From the Government Hate It So Much? 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z When he answered in the affirmative, she responded, “Well, they’re not going to be your friends if you don’t skate well.” Review | Adam Rippon’s path to becoming ‘America’s sweetheart’ was not all fun and (Olympic) games 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z The flesh-and-blood comedian was sitting on a couch, dressed in athleisure clothes and a pair of Air Jordans as he read from the script for his affirmative action monologue. Can Hasan Minhaj Make Topical Comedy Work on Netflix? 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z “He had all the advantages of affirmative action and went against it,” Rosa Parks said of Thomas, in 1996. Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z He repeatedly says that he favors soft affirmative action. Affirmative Action: The Uniquely American Experiment 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z If he turns out to be significantly more conservative than Kennedy, he could provide the fifth vote to end abortion rights or affirmative action. Dissecting Brett Kavanaugh’s ‘Supreme Ambition’ 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z It feels retro, this affirmative way of talking about a girl who likes boy things, as if boy things were better.” Where Have All the Tomboys Gone? 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Woods stirred up racial tension at Winslow High School after hosting a discussion about affirmative action and eventually had to transfer when a student became obsessed with her. Michelle Monaghan at the heart of ‘True Detective’ 2014-03-06T20:41:09Z A deep skeptic about the effectiveness of government, Glazer was a critic of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society domestic programs and especially opposed to affirmative action. Sociologist and intellectual, Nathan Glazer, dead at 95 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z In each stage of a sexual interaction, consent must be verbally requested and verbally given, the policy says — and “silence conveys a lack of affirmative consent.” Thank You for Asking 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z On Wednesday, as you heard arguments in the affirmative action case Fisher v. An open letter to Justice Scalia 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z In general, though, the words were hard to decipher in the cathedral acoustic, but the sound, from the festival chorus and the Philharmonia under Adrian Partington, was appropriately rich and affirmative. An English Requiem 2010-08-11T21:00:00Z The answer may well be affirmative, and the neuroscience of perception and cognition reveals why. The illusions of advertising 2013-05-16T21:35:00Z His playing was warm, affirmative and profound, the opposite of perfunctory. Jazz Musicians Memorialize Charlie Haden 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z To an affirmative, reply that you can't see either family wanting to remain friends on those terms. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A pandemic bubble threatens to pop over disagreement on covid disclosure 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z Sanders is now committed to seeking affirmative consent in sexual interactions. Thank You for Asking 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z While affirmative action in college admissions is a topic beyond the scope of Driver’s book, it is likely to come back before the Supreme Court in the coming years. The Power of the Supreme Court Inside America’s Schools 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Summer Jam’s traditionally blatant hometown affirmative action also meant sets from Joe Budden, lately better known for his reality TV breakdowns than for his music, and the reliable if unexciting Fabolous. Critic’s Notebook: A Summer Jam, Proudly Local Yet Less Sure of Its Place 2013-06-03T16:20:54Z On a scholarship for black students, he frets about being written off as a product of affirmative action. Review: In ‘Black Man in a White Coat,’ a Doctor Navigates Bruising Terrain 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Following some twisted edict of affirmative inaction, I gave all black, Asian and Latino American friends automatic exemptions. I tried to cut 100 Facebook friends. One was Meryl Streep. 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Ms. Thompson’s character responds, not surprisingly, in the affirmative. In ‘Cruella,’ Fashion Is Toxic 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Millions had heard Canned Heat’s invitation; 400,000 replied in the affirmative. Perspective | Woodstock can’t be duplicated. Perhaps we should leave it at that. 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Such concerns were raised during an unsuccessful effort to introduce affirmative language into the American Law Institute’s latest reworking of its model penal code, considered a blueprint for state laws. For One Bill Cosby Juror, the Work Did Not End With the Trial 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z “A Wrinkle in Time,” faithful to the affirmative, democratic intelligence of the book, is also committed to serving its most loyal and susceptible audience. Review: ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Gives a Child of the Universe Powerful Friends 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z You know, we had been working on the affirmative action piece for a long time. Hasan Minhaj on the joy of making “Patriot Act” and keeping the political personal 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z The book examines the ways subtle racism like suspicious looks or complaints about affirmative action paint everyday life for many black Americans. Poet behind book about U.S. racism wins 2016 'genius grant' 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Without overlooking his flaws or Betty Anne's blind spots, it continually answers in the affirmative, with conviction. Hilary Swank Shows Some Conviction 2010-10-14T03:45:00Z Some 20 percent of American adults today are descended from beneficiaries of that massive affirmative action program for white people. A Landmark Reckoning With America’s Racial Past and Present 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z What young men should look for, Tillman argues, is not the potentially ambiguous absence of “no”, but the enthusiastic presence of a “yes, yes, yes” or affirmative consent. Carnality and consent: how to navigate sex in the modern world 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z If you ask all these questions and answer them in the affirmative, you still probably should not write the dream sequence. Boardwalk Empire Watch: Generation Gap 2011-11-14T12:52:53Z We will pretend that we think it’s important to address perpetrators and affirmative consent, but we will never actually meaningfully discuss those things in the piece! Breaking: USA Today solves campus rape crisis with boring terrible idea 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z “What’s happened since then is that the Supreme Court did its best to get rid of the affirmative right to vote,” Glass explained, in a reference to the Court’s recent decision in Shelby County v. Philip Glass Never Stops Writing 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Disney Limits Junk-Food Ads Finally, an entity powerful enough to challenge food manufacturing conglomerates takes affirmative action against advertising food to children that we don’t, as a society, actually want them to eat. Motherlode Blog: Disney Limits Junk-Food Ads 2012-06-05T20:53:12Z Rota would answer in the affirmative, yet his design also manages to amplify the enchantment of this location. | Boscolo Bari 2012-10-11T17:30:43Z “You have to say, ‘We are going to have these allotments to make sure we have these black-owned galleries,’ he added, likening such an effort to affirmative action at colleges. Black Gallerists Press Forward Despite a Market That Holds Them Back 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, the New York Times applauded California’s move, but also went on to endorse enacting affirmative consent laws across the country. New York Times comes out in favor of affirmative consent laws 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Last week, the Supreme Court justice spoke against university-based affirmative action, saying that black students were being moved ahead too quickly and that many of them would be better off at “less advanced schools.” How John McWhorter found himself defending Scalia on affirmative action: “Frankly, I think even a stopped clock is right twice a day” 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z The fates of affirmative action and what is sometimes called “white affirmative action” have long been intertwined. The fight against affirmative action at Harvard could threaten rich whites 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Last week, the Trump administration signaled again that it would be taking additional steps to end affirmative action programs at colleges and universities. Professor targeted by right wing attack speaks out: “It was a blitzkrieg” 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z The recklessly affirmative act with which this book begins is the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic, from Newfoundland to Galway, by the British pilots Alcock and Brown in 1919. TransAtlantic by Colum McCann – review 2013-05-26T13:00:01Z Bonus deep-read analysis: When Letterman asked Swift about Nashville -- specifically, if it was a nice town -- she answered immediately in the affirmative. Watch: Taylor Swift hits 'Letterman' with 'Welcome to New York' 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z It is in academia that affirmative action battles have been most ferociously fought, and Urofsky devotes two chapters to this. Affirmative Action: The Uniquely American Experiment 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Countless studies have been published since, tracking the effectiveness of affirmative action — or lack thereof. Is America more racist, or more sexist? Admittedly, it’s a tough call 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z In 2015, he claimed that he had posed as an African American to get into medical school and prove his point that affirmative action is “hypocritical”. Mindy Kaling: ‘I was so embarrassed about being a diversity hire’ 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Put simply, Thomas believes that affirmative action is a white program for white people. Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z This posturing is routinely undercut when justices predictably split along ideological lines on big cases involving hot-button social issues like abortion and affirmative action. How Supreme Court Nominations Became So Partisan 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z They answer loudly in the affirmative, but it's rather a foregone conclusion. Robbie Williams – review 2012-11-23T00:59:19Z And when my girls and I whooped in the affirmative, he asked, “Would you like to meet the Idols?” American Idol: Riveting despite itself 2012-05-24T11:51:00Z In a 2011 Daily News column, he savored “those affirmative, good-time American moments capable of transcending one-dimensional materialism.” Stanley Crouch, contentious man of letters, dead at 74 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z The times when that question can be answered in the affirmative have been rare, and even a musically verbose artist like Joanna Newsom can have difficulty pulling off such widescreen aspirations. Justin Timberlake Overreaches on His 20/20 Follow-Up 2013-10-02T09:45:12Z Here he grapples with caste prejudice and the Indian version of affirmative action: the reserving of spots in schools for low or “backward” castes. | 'Aarakshan': A Battle for India?s Soul 2011-08-12T12:21:08Z However, over the course of the 20th century, hapa subjects transformed the meaning of the word from one with derogatory connotations to one charged with affirmative associations. From "Aquaman" to "Avatar," ocean-centric blockbusters are eroding our terrestrial bias 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z I was interested in the affirmative attitudes towards poverty in these two Italian cultural and historical moments. Andrea B?ttner: the habit of art 2011-03-14T22:00:01Z While seeking to define them, he blurs the difference between disadvantage and discrimination and so ends up asking if we need affirmative action for men. The Second Sexism is just victim-envy 2012-05-16T19:00:05Z But in a list of affirmative defenses, the company said that the injuries “were caused, in whole or in part, by plaintiffs’ failure to properly wear an appropriate available seatbelt restraint device.” Walmart Faults Tracy Morgan for Not Wearing Seatbelt in Limo Crash 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z At one point, the reporter allegedly described nepotism as “affirmative action for White people.” A star reporter’s resignation, a racial slur and a newsroom divided: Inside the fallout at the New York Times 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z He also found the frequent “no comments” of briefers to be as valuable as any affirmative statement. White House background briefings: Good journalism or anonymous government spin? The National Urban League called on the orchestra to put affirmative action in place. Mahler Said What to Whom? 2011-02-03T22:00:06Z Anne’s diary is a great affirmative answer to the life-question of today, for she shows how ordinary people, within this ordeal, consistently hold to the greater human values. Revisiting Anne Frank’s Diary — ‘A Warm and Stirring Confession’ 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z This potent election-year anthology, which cracks the air in its own fashion, answers in the ringing affirmative. Review: ‘The Fire This Time,’ Stoked by Baldwin’s Legacy 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z And no, it is not just because of affirmative action, as all my white peers told me snidely during those long four years. The cruel choice black women face: Between education and safety 2013-12-10T00:00:00Z And I think that that goes into the larger conversation that you mention it in the book about feeling like the affirmative action hire. TV writer talks "Breaking Bad," writers strike and the toxicity of the "auteur genius showrunner" 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z But in the early nineteen-thirties the internationalist project was scrapped, along with the alphabet and affirmative action. The Resilient Pagans of Russia 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z As I said, there’s not much here you haven’t seen before, and very little that can’t be described as crude, obvious and borderline offensive, even as it tries to be uplifting and affirmative. ‘Green Book’ Review: A Road Trip Through a Land of Racial Clichés 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Murphy finds it worth noting that Justice Scalia, who argued so often against affirmative action, “now became a de facto affirmative action choice for the Supreme Court.” ‘Scalia: A Court of One,’ by Bruce Allen Murphy 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z And if we lose that, then affirmative action is going to be dismantled, and at the schools most important for us to go to like Harvard and the great research universities in the United States. Henry Louis Gates Jr. on why Jay-Z is wrong about racism dying off 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z There are some touching and amusing zigzags on the way to the film’s sweet and affirmative conclusion. Review: ‘Moana,’ Brave Princess on a Voyage With a Chicken 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z If nothing else, it demonstrates what a cocktail ambition, affirmative action and luck can be. Moonlight becomes him: Barry Jenkins's journey from a Miami housing project to the Oscars 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z The season’s encouraging theme, he added, was inspired by the affirmative message of David Byrne’s “American Utopia” and the song “The World Is Yours” by the rapper Nas. Riz Ahmed and Kahlil Joseph Among New Faces in BAM’s New Season 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z However, that doesn’t mean Tveit automatically wins; he still has to get at least 60 percent of the affirmative votes. What to know about the 2021 Tony Awards 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z It seems much better to seem supportive, to be affirmative, to be generous. Critics are human, too: “But I don’t think you’re doing the artist or the audience or the art form itself any favor if you pat things on the head” 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z The word axé, she said, “means a blessing. A positive energy. Axé is an affirmative way of starting discussions against oppression. Against social exclusion. Against racial discrimination. This for me was a new poetic language.” Brazil’s Outspoken Daniela Mercury Is a Swirl of Ideas and Songs 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z It remains to be seen if ballot initiatives to overturn affirmative action bans like Proposition 209 will survive vitriolic backlash. A Separate and Unequal System of College Admissions 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z The Bolsheviks classified the Mari as “backward,” which qualified them for affirmative action and a brand new Latin alphabet. The Resilient Pagans of Russia 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z They're going to dismantle the same affirmative action that got me into Yale. Henry Louis Gates Jr. on why Jay-Z is wrong about racism dying off 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z These organizations support affirmative action and its demise would further energize them — and likely help them enlist liberal Ivy League alumni, especially those without teenage children. The fight against affirmative action at Harvard could threaten rich whites 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z From there it’s a procession of pop-culture send-ups delivered at light speed, interspersed with affirmative messages about exercise, proper diet and — so refreshing in this kind of movie — girl power. | 'Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil': Red Riding Hood, the Spy Caper 2011-04-29T04:03:01Z “This scandal, most people would agree, is ridiculous,” said Natasha Kumar Warikoo, a graduate professor of education at Harvard and author of “The Diversity Bargain,” which examines how students at elite universities view affirmative action. U.S. college bribery scandal grates on those who missed the cut 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z My own wife is a formidable and affirmative type, too. Lawrence of Sardinia 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z The court’s intervention nonetheless is an ominous sign for defenders of affirmative action. High Court takes affirmative action case 2012-02-21T15:43:00Z All the groups that tried to beat him on abortion or affirmative action have now come out of the woodwork. ‘It was just awful’: The Clarence Thomas hearings, in the words of those who were there 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Singer had a white applicant identify himself as Hispanic to qualify for affirmative action, a former business associate told me. The Unseen Student Victims of the “Varsity Blues” College-Admissions Scandal 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z If you nodded in an affirmative manner at one or more of these questions, follow our lead. Five 15-minute recipes that add up to a four-star New Year’s Eve 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Her own “affirmative action program” is how she described it. In ‘Transparent,’ a Heroine Evolves Further Still 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z People are answering that question in the affirmative all the time, hence the modern rebranding of communes as “intentional” or “co-housing” communities. A cult next door? “The Sinner” and the dark allure of retreating to a “utopian community” 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z There is no discernible dance evident in any of his movements, which I can only assume has been triggering some sort of affirmative action in the judges. "Dancing with the Stars": The Situation stinks 2010-10-12T12:30:00Z In fact, he asked people to raise their hands if they HADN’T been using a mobile device during the show; only a scattered few replied in the affirmative. Tony night had humor, music and a hopping host 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z It gave the private sector far more flexibility than government and academia in designing affirmative action programs. Affirmative Action: The Uniquely American Experiment 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z The remarkable thing is that affirmative action is now an integral part of the moral, cultural, military, political and economic fabric of the nation. Affirmative Action: The Uniquely American Experiment 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z To illustrate how Americans see their Constitution, Sagal talked with people confronting issues including affirmative action, voting rights and same-sex marriage. NPR host Sagal hits the road in 'Constitution USA' 2013-05-07T19:26:09Z They think affirmative action is actually an example of institutional racism negatively affecting the life chances of whites. Professor targeted by right for teaching course on “white racism”: “These folks are delusio... 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z There’s something sacred about this noise we sometimes make together with our bare hands — its vast percussive mass blurring into a shimmering affirmative blast. Perspective | I miss live performances, but what I really miss is applause 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Often the answer to that question is in the affirmative, but occasionally the information will be more beneficial to the declarer, as in the diagramed deal. Bridge: U.S. Teams in Close Battles at Bridge Championships 2011-10-23T21:48:17Z Look at the ways which they are seeking to fight and undercut affirmative action. The president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund on race relations in the Trump era 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z To moviegoers who hardly need to be reminded of Toy Story 3, the reviewers called attention to a worthy film — affirmative action being a critic's favorite act of seasonal benevolence. 'The Illusionist': Better Than 'Toy Story 3'? 2010-12-25T11:10:00Z It took only four years to bring Zorba’s affirmative antics, which seemed a nice match for the peculiarly moralistic hedonism of the 1960s, to Broadway. Review: ‘Zorba!’ Starring John Turturro 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z She responded with a photo of herself in a black cowboy hat, which is apparently affirmative in the language of “Old Town Road.” The infinite remix potential of "Old Town Road" 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Thomas writes, “O’Connor believed, not wrongly, that Alito’s vote would undermine her pragmatic compromises on abortion, affirmative action, freedom of religion and other important issues.” An Intimate Portrait of Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z And certainly it answers in the affirmative the question that we always ask of music outside our personal taste parameters: is it a good example of what it sets out to be? New band of the day – John Fullbright (No 1,471) 2013-03-14T16:01:50Z Leaving aside complaints about “affirmative action for boys,” less attention has been focused on the social ramifications. 2010-02-06T03:40:00Z And when my girls and I whooped in the affirmative, he asked, "Would you like to meet the Idols?" The night my family won "American Idol" 2011-08-15T16:30:00Z You are usually so biased, sexist, and anti-male that I was genuinely shocked to read your affirmative response to this question. Perspective | Ask Amy: ‘Right person, wrong time’ needs translating 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z "Without an affirmative misrepresentation, the Court will not suspend logic and find that a reasonable consumer would be misled by the mere fact that Subway's tuna products include any ingredients beyond tuna." Why the woman who sued Subway over its "fake" tuna wants to drop the case — for now 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z We call the desire to ensure that blacks can’t catch up academically “affirmative action” and bludgeon the policy practice’s reputation. BlacKkKlansman: the grim topicality of Spike Lee's 70s-set KKK film 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z This comprehensive account explores nearly all aspects of nonwhite affirmative action — its legal, educational, economic, electoral and gender dimensions. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z But watch Minhaj dissect the partisan attempts to kill affirmative action. Hasan Minhaj’s (r)evolution: “Patriot Act” breaks free from “The Daily Show” format and... 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z The center of his music has always been a defiant delicacy—a ragged, affirmative understanding of despair. Perfume Genius’s New Album, “No Shape,” Is Full of Sunlight 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z A crush of women answered in the affirmative, pumping their chests as if doing vertical situps. Forget Retro. The Men of Havana Embrace the Reggaeton Look. 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z “Déjà Vu,” the new album by the pianist-composer-producer George Duke, answers that question in the affirmative. Critics? Choice: CDs by Blake Shelton, Mike Posner, George Duke 2010-08-08T22:33:00Z She told her fellow jurors how the data protection rules say that consent must be freely given by a clear affirmative act, be specific, informed and unambiguous, and that it can be withdrawn. For One Bill Cosby Juror, the Work Did Not End With the Trial 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z It was her vote that saved abortion rights, her vote that preserved affirmative action and her vote that delivered the presidency to George W. Bush in 2000. An Intimate Portrait of Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z The producers of “Baby It’s You!” — a new musical planned for a Broadway opening this spring — are hoping for affirmative answers to both questions. ArtsBeat: Jukebox Musical 'Baby It's You!' Will Get Broadway Rotation This Spring 2011-01-24T16:14:09Z Lord Grantham, aghast with shock, asks in a trailer, “Are you really telling me all the money is gone?” and receives an answer to the affirmative. Downton Abbey: Three Reasons We Can’t Wait for Next Season 2012-09-18T17:17:47Z Mr. King’s original, ambiguous ending is eliminated so that things can end on a more affirmative note. Television Review: ?Stephen King?s Bag of Bones,? on A&E - Review 2011-12-10T00:29:04Z This time, the authorities are answering with an affirmative no. ArtsBeat Blog: Those Dang Revenooers: Virginia Agency Unhappy With Discovery's 'Moonshiners' 2011-12-30T19:13:03Z But although the rhetoric appears affirmative, many of these policies now need updating. Are museums a man or woman's world? 2013-05-22T14:57:19Z Despite these critiques, “Who Gets In and Why” and “Unacceptable” both speak to the current political moment, particularly when we consider the other, perennial debate in college admissions: affirmative action. A Separate and Unequal System of College Admissions 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z In 1990, Antioch College students pioneered its affirmative sexual consent policy, formulating a document now called the Sexual Offense Prevention Policy. Thank You for Asking 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z The key argument for affirmative action—and the grounds for the Court’s landmark 1978 decision in University of California v. Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Like many attorneys, I have an affirmative duty to stare at artifacts of violence in an attempt to derive some sort of deeper meaning from them. Lawyers and Secondary Traumatic Stress, or: On the dispersal of brain matter in a Kentucky trailer 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z No bodacious starlets for this cabal, no multimillion-dollar CGI sprees; no high-octane street racing, or talking mammoths, or cheap affirmative morality. Austrian cinema: a province shaped by past masters of pessimism 2013-06-19T09:57:23Z Was she minded immediately to answer in the affirmative, I wonder. Elizabeth Fraser: 'I'm so excited to have made this decision to perform' 2012-06-23T23:05:30Z He acknowledges that he was a beneficiary of affirmative action, but insists that such programs are inevitably stigmatizing and demeaning to the people they’re meant to help. ‘The Enigma of Clarence Thomas’ Makes a Strong Case for Its Provocative Thesis 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Because, like I said in the book, I believe in affirmative action policy. TV writer talks "Breaking Bad," writers strike and the toxicity of the "auteur genius showrunner" 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The first is that affirmative action reinforces the stigma that shadows African-Americans. Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Gone is the affirmative lesson Bobbie learns from the smothering couples attending her 35th birthday party — a milestone she’d rather ignore. Review: In a Gender-Flipped Revival, ‘Company’ Loves Misery 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Let's make sure that whites are protected in the work place and get rid of affirmative action. White nationalists love Tucker Carlson, and other startling discoveries in “Rising Out of Hatre... 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z “They said the exhibit said my views on affirmative action result from my going to various schools in my youth. The young woman, young student said, ‘Is that true?’ Clarence Thomas says a Smithsonian exhibit about him is wrong. (It’s not.) 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z The dominant narrative forms, tending toward happy or redemptive endings — or, more recently, toward a horizon of endless sequels — are fundamentally affirmative of the way things are. Are the Movies Liberal? 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z “This seems to happen very rarely, and the practice is often misunderstood as ‘political correctness’ or ‘affirmative action,’” an expository section the site reads. TV revivals and inclusive casting: An opportunity that can’t just be skin-deep 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z She said the publisher would not need to make an affirmative decision to lower advances, but that it would happen anyway because there would be less competition. A Trial Put Publishing’s Inner Workings on Display. What Did We Learn? 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z TV needs him, a notion that the first episode’s topic of affirmative actions meta-textually winks at. What does Hasan Minhaj's Netflix show bring to late-night comedy? 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z “If you vote in the affirmative on this bill, regardless of your position on abortion, you are ignoring your oath. You’re throwing that oath in the trash can. I refuse to do that.” Pennsylvania House passes ‘shield law’ to protect providers, out-of-staters seeking abortions 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Democratic strategists said the poll results bolster the view that Biden needs to make an affirmative case for his re-election, particularly in fiercely competitive states such as Georgia and North Carolina. Biden voters say more motivated to stop Trump than to support president-Reuters/Ipsos 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z An affirmative vote sends the message that these young adult ministries are “an important part of our evangelization.” Ousted Texas bishop rallies outside US bishops meeting as his peers reinforce Catholic voter values 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z The court ended its recognition of a constitutional right to abortion, expanded gun rights and rejected affirmative action collegiate admissions policies often used to increase Black and Hispanic student enrollment. Under fire, US Supreme Court unveils ethics code for justices 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z And the Supreme Court’s decision in June to strike down affirmative action in college admissions continues has fueled attacks on diversity programs across sectors. What should donors learn from Ibram X. Kendi’s problems at Boston University? 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z The secretary of state said "affirmative elements" were necessary for a "sustained peace". US warns Israel against reoccupying Gaza after war 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z The welcoming of various races and ethnicities through immigration or affirmative action undermines national purity, they say, while the equality of LGBTQ+ individuals and women undermines morality. Mike Johnson is not a "culture warrior" — he's an enemy of democracy 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z In his orders, Quinn concluded the Legislature’s passage of the law did not constitute the kind of “affirmative act” he said was needed to properly restore a felon’s civil rights. Minnesota appeals court protects felon voting rights after finding a lower court judge overstepped 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Ask players if they have been cut by a skate in an NHL game or practice, and the affirmative answers are startlingly high. Death of a player from a skate to the neck reignites hockey’s stubborn debate over protective gear 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z “Instead, Trump’s affirmative actions and agreements are the target of the prosecution,” Aganga-Williams told Salon. Expert: Trump's lawyers making "nonsensical arguments" in effort to evade Jan. 6 charges 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z And when the UC Board of Regents debated how to implement a ban on affirmative action in admissions, Young, a staunch supporter of affirmative action, rallied loudly against the plan. Charles E. Young, UCLA's longest serving chancellor, dead at 91 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Supreme Court in June had struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring that race cannot be a factor. The US Supreme Court notched big conservative wins. It’s a key issue in Pennsylvania’s fall election 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z In his orders, Quinn, concluded the Legislature’s passage of the law did not constitute the kind of “affirmative act” he said was needed to properly restore a felon’s civil rights. Minnesota leaders to fight court ruling that restoring voting rights for felons was unconstitutional 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Coincidentally, our departures made headlines following a disappointing Supreme Court decision on affirmative action that elevated a slew of concerns on the future of diversity commitments in entertainment. Former Oscars diversity chief on 'micro- and macro-aggressions' that led to exit 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z The dispatcher answered in the affirmative, saying “if you feel like that’s what you need to do, then yes.” 911 calls from deadly Lahaina wildfire show residents’ terror and panic in a desperate bid to escape 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z It did so ahead of a Monday deadline to respond in court to a lawsuit by a group founded by affirmative action foe Edward Blum. Second major US law firm changes diversity fellowship after lawsuit 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Naval Academy on Thursday, its second lawsuit opposing affirmative action in U.S. military academies. Syria mourns scores killed in drone attack on military academy 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Naval Academy on Thursday, its second lawsuit opposing affirmative action in U.S. military academies. Pakistani minister defends decision to expel Afghans 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Naval Academy on Thursday, its second lawsuit opposing affirmative action in U.S. military academies. Kenya to ask China for $1 bln loan to complete road projects, longer debt repayments 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z He said no “affirmative action” on his part was necessary to “create” the department, since the budget he signed into law in July set the Oct. Future of Ohio’s education system is unclear after judge extends restraining order on K-12 overhaul 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z He also wants to shut the ministry of women, gender and diversity, which he has called a type of “affirmative action” that is degrading towards women. In Argentina, election fight brews over women's rights and abortion 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Hunter Biden said little during the hearing and only nodded in the affirmative when Judge Burke asked him if he was aware of the charges against him. Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to gun charges 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Five years after he survived a bruising Senate confirmation, Kavanaugh has left little doubt about his conservative credentials, joining the 6-3 majority to roll back abortion rights and affirmative action. Justice Kavanaugh taps the brakes on Supreme Court's sharp move to the right 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z "This guidance makes it more clear what structures would need affirmative approval for capital relief and what is required to comply," she added. Analysis: Fed shines light on path to US bank capital relief trades 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Wade’s right to an abortion and expanding gun rights in June 2022, then ending affirmative action in higher education and killing the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan last June. The Supreme Court’s new term starts Monday. Here’s what you need to know 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Wade ruling that had legalized abortion nationwide, expanded gun rights, rejected affirmative action in college admissions and broadened religious rights. Major tests await conservative US Supreme Court in new term 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Some states that previously ended affirmative action saw steep drops in the enrollment of Black and Latino students, including in California and Michigan. Colleges should step up their diversity efforts after affirmative action ruling, the government says 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Supreme Court’s June ruling ending affirmative action in college admissions. Judge refuses to immediately block grant program for Black women entrepreneurs 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z A lower court upheld the school’s policy, but the parents have asked the high court to review it following the justices striking down affirmative action at universities earlier this year. Supreme Court justices hold private conference on abortion pill, social media laws 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z One possible addition is an affirmative action case out of Virginia, where parents are challenging the admissions policy of one of the nation’s most selective public high schools. Supreme Court to take up guns — possibly abortion, diversity — in 2023 term 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z But using affirmative action to promote diversity - “that tool was taken away.” Education secretary considers ways to discourage college admissions preference for kids of alumni 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z It was issued the same day a House Education and the Workforce subcommittee discussed the future of college admissions after affirmative action. Colleges should step up their diversity efforts after affirmative action ruling, the government says 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z “I could literally see overnight the additional growth,” said Theresa Price, who founded the Black College Expo in California in 1999 as a response to Proposition 209, which ended affirmative action in the state. HBCUs brace for flood of applications after Supreme Court affirmative action decision 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z In an interview with The Associated Press, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said legacy admissions must be revisited for the sake of diversity on campuses following the recent Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action. US education chief considers new ways to discourage college admissions preference for kids of alumni 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Supreme Court’s decision earlier this year ending affirmative action in college admissions. Black leaders say threats to undermine US democracy appear aimed at their community 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z The group that brought down affirmative action policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina earlier this year has now sued the U.S. Group that took down affirmative action at Harvard, UNC sues West Point 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., countered that affirmative action helped level the playing field in admissions, balancing policies that favor the wealthy, including legacy admissions, in which children of alumni and donors are favored in admissions. Colleges should step up their diversity efforts after affirmative action ruling, the government says 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z College presidents and admission experts are expecting a significant increase in applications at historically Black colleges and universities following this summer’s Supreme Court decision outlawing race-based affirmative action policies. HBCUs brace for flood of applications after Supreme Court affirmative action decision 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z By banning affirmative action but allowing legacy preferences, critics say the court left admissions even more lopsided against students of color. US education chief considers new ways to discourage college admissions preference for kids of alumni 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z The lawsuit against the Fearless Fund was filed by Edward Blum, the conservative activist who filed the affirmative action cases before the Supreme Court. A small venture capital player becomes a symbol in the fight over corporate diversity policies 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Military academies were excluded from the Supreme Court’s June ruling that struck down affirmative action at civilian colleges and universities. Group that took down affirmative action at Harvard, UNC sues West Point 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z When the words written about you are untrue Lawyers will tell you that the truth is an affirmative and absolute defense to defamation claims. When to Sue for Defamation, Slander, and Libel 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Supreme Court decision in June striking down affirmative action in college admissions will make funders less willing to make racial equity a priority in decisions about where to spend. Groups say philanthropists trying to boost local news shouldn’t leave minorities behind 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Without action, Cardona warned that the nation could face the same setbacks seen in California after it ended affirmative action in 1996. US education chief considers new ways to discourage college admissions preference for kids of alumni 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z The filing comes after the Supreme Court in June struck down affirmative action in college admissions, forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies. West Point sued over using race as an admissions factor in the wake of landmark Supreme Court ruling 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Then there’s COVID-19 and the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action, which left the admissions landscape in flux and left students to untangle the mess. College applications are complicated — take a breath | Op-Ed 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Asked if they expected their economic situation to be better a year from now, only 35% answered in the affirmative. Biden weighed by economic concerns, age in potential 2024 rematch with Trump -Reuters/Ipsos poll 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z It is one thing to have a disagreement about an issue a policy issue, such as immigration or affirmative action or policing. "An acute threat to white privilege": Tim Wise on why MAGA is "losing their s**t right now" 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z A handful of small colleges have disavowed legacy admissions in the wake of the affirmative action decision, but there’s been no sign of change in the upper echelons of America’s universities. US education chief considers new ways to discourage college admissions preference for kids of alumni 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Supreme Court striking down affirmative action in college admissions. West Point sued over using race as an admissions factor in the wake of landmark Supreme Court ruling 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z But more than two months after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, concerns have arisen that a path into medicine may become much harder for students of color. Patients need doctors who look like them. Can medicine diversify without affirmative action? 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z He has sided with conservative majorities in affirmative action and student loan rulings, as well as in the Dobbs case that overturned Roe. Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh predicts “concrete steps soon” to address ethics concerns 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The logic rings similar to other recent conservative legal attacks, including the argument recently used in overturning precedent on affirmative action, said Waterhouse. Shuttered EPA investigation could’ve brought ‘meaningful reform’ in Cancer Alley, documents show 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z But using affirmative action to promote diversity — “that tool was taken away.” US education chief considers new ways to discourage college admissions preference for kids of alumni 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z India has had its own debates over issues like abortion, trans rights and affirmative action. Why the U.S. should embrace India | Op-Ed 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z But the affirmative action ruling dealt a “serious blow” to the medical field’s goals of improving that figure, the American Medical Association said, by prohibiting medical schools from considering race among many factors in admissions. Patients need doctors who look like them. Can medicine diversify without affirmative action? 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z With its catchy and affirmative chorus, “All Star” became a staple on radio, at ball games, on commercials and in movies. Steve Harwell, 'All Star' singer for Smash Mouth, dies at 56 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z "Prime Minister Sogavare said the security support needed for both events is huge and Australia's affirmative response will definitely fill security gaps leading up to, during and after the two important event," the statement said. Australian police to stay in Solomon Islands until 2024 election - government 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z “If we go the route that California went when they abolished affirmative action, what chance do we have competing against China?” US education chief considers new ways to discourage college admissions preference for kids of alumni 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z The move comes days after the conservative legal activist who led the legal battle to end racial affirmative action in college admissions sued two law firms over diversity practices in their fellowship programs. Republican AGs warn law firms on race-based hiring practices after Supreme Court ruling on colleges 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Without affirmative action as a tool, career programs focused on engaging people of color could grow in importance. Patients need doctors who look like them. Can medicine diversify without affirmative action? 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z The report said the hacker gained access to the university’s data warehouse to analyze the effects of affirmative action following the U.S. Lawsuit accuses University of Minnesota of not doing enough to prevent data breach 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Liberal activists have drawn broader contours with condemnations of the court’s landmark rulings on abortion, gun rights and affirmative action, but they have struggled to find an outlet for their anger. Justice Amy Coney Barrett welcomes scrutiny of court, shies away from ethics code debate 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z “What made the situation even more uncomfortable was that NBC had just launched a diversity program, a sort of voluntary affirmative action,” Lin wrote. Former 'Friends' writer says the stars were unhappy and purposely tanked jokes they didn't like 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Such policies reduce would-be students to the color of their skin, the justices said in a 6-3 ruling striking down affirmative action policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. Republican AGs warn law firms on race-based hiring practices after Supreme Court ruling on colleges 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z All responded in the affirmative except for Christie and Hutchinson, both of whom were showered with a litany of “boos” from the rowdy crowd. Commentary: Mugshots from Georgia and the first GOP debate upstage Trump’s predictable interview with Carlson 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The conservative legal activist who led the fight to convince the Supreme Court to end affirmative action in college admissions has now trained his sights on high-profile law firms and their diversity hiring programs. Man who led fight to dismantle affirmative action files suits against law firm diversity programs 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z "Few, other than perhaps the CMA, would answer in the affirmative," he said. UK's handling of Microsoft deal sows doubts over post-Brexit direction 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z “The network was making efforts to hire more writers of color. On principle, I support affirmative action policies because I believe overcoming institutional racism without it is impossible. But in practice? It’s a major mindf—.” Former 'Friends' writer says the stars were unhappy and purposely tanked jokes they didn't like 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Most recently, Elam announced the end of legacy-based admissions to the school in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision to strike down affirmative action. In surprise announcement, Occidental College president says he's stepping down due to health 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z There are broader contours, too, as liberal activists decry the court’s recent landmark rulings on abortion, guns and affirmative action, yet have struggled to find an outlet for their anger. Supreme Court ethics debate divides justices, court watchers, former clerks 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Such policies reduce students to the color of their skin, the justices said in a 6-3 ruling striking down affirmative action policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. Man who led fight to dismantle affirmative action files suits against law firm diversity programs 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z "It's about being for an affirmative vision of high standards, transparent, sustainable financing," he said. White House: China economic data less transparent in recent months 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled against the families challenging the policy in May just before the high court handed down its affirmative action ruling. Parents challenge Virginia high school’s admissions after affirmative action ruling 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Holly Boyer, another attorney for Robson and Safechuck, countered that the boys “were left alone in this lion’s den by the defendant’s employees. An affirmative duty to protect and to warn is correct.” Michael Jackson sexual abuse lawsuits revived by appeals court 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Legacy admissions, or special preferences given to students with relatives who attended the school, have come under new fire after the Supreme Court ruled in June that race-based affirmative action programs violate the Constitution. Harvard’s legacy admissions policy helps White students, but is it illegal? 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z “Creating an affirmative duty to ensure environmental rights are protected is an important legal recognition that strengthens the ability of government to address climate change,” she said. Kids Sued Montana over Climate Change and Won 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Kennedy replied in the affirmative, saying, “Yes. Three months.” Campaign walks back RFK’s support for three-month federal abortion limit 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z The guidance arrives as colleges work to avoid the type of diversity decline that has been seen in some states that previously ended affirmative action, including in California and Michigan. Biden administration urges colleges to pursue racial diversity without affirmative action 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z They fear their Islamic identity and economic privileges under a decades-old affirmative action program could be chipped away. After checkered results in state polls, Malaysian leader Anwar needs to unite polarized nation 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z Both supporters and opponents of affirmative action say it’s time to do away with legacy admissions. Harvard’s legacy admissions policy helps White students, but is it illegal? 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Many in the Malay community view Anwar as too liberal and fear their Islamic identity and economic privileges under a decades-old affirmative action program could be chipped away. Voting begins as Malaysian leader Anwar seeks to shore up his rule in vital state elections 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Last month, thirteen Republican state attorneys general sent a letter to 100 of the biggest U.S. companies arguing that the court ruling on affirmative action could also apply to private entities, like employers. Fund sued over grant program for Black women enlists prominent civil rights attorneys to fight back 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z New guidance from the Biden administration on Monday urges colleges to use a range of strategies to promote racial diversity on campus after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in admissions. Biden administration urges colleges to pursue racial diversity without affirmative action 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Many Malays view Anwar as too liberal and fear their Islamic identity and economic privileges under a decades-old affirmative action program could be chipped away. Why state polls this Saturday are pivotal to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar’s rule 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Supreme Court ruling in June striking down affirmative action. UC admits record number of California first-year students for fall 2023, led by Latinos 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Kaplan also struck some of Trump's affirmative defenses, including that he had "absolute presidential immunity" from being sued. Judge dismisses Trump's defamation claim against E. Jean Carroll 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z He became a regular commentator on Fox News and other conservative outlets, backing capitalism and meritocracy, and criticizing affirmative action, mask mandates and open borders. Vivek Ramaswamy’s Hindu faith is front and center in his GOP presidential campaign 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z The guidance, from the Justice and Education departments, arrives as colleges across the nation attempt to navigate a new era of admissions without the use of affirmative action. Biden administration urges colleges to pursue racial diversity without affirmative action 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z In a 2022 essay, Victor Pickard of the University of Pennsylvania said the latter perspective focuses on government’s affirmative role to help guarantee the public access to a “diverse and informative media system.” Journalism Is a Public Good and Should Be Publicly Funded 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z These included the scrapping of President Biden’s $400 billion plan to cancel or reduce federal student debt loans, ending affirmative action in higher education, and issuing a major ruling that impacts gay rights. Justice Kagan supports ethics code but says Supreme Court divided on how to proceed 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Students for Fair Admissions, fresh off its Supreme Court victory gutting affirmative action in college admissions, is preparing for another potential lawsuit. The Next Affirmative Action Battle May Be at West Point 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z A ruling against affirmative action in admissions has renewed scrutiny over special treatment for children of alumni. UCLA Chancellor Gene Block to step down after boosting enrollment, diversity, rankings 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Schools are working to promote racial diversity without provoking legal action from affirmative action opponents. Biden administration urges colleges to pursue racial diversity without affirmative action 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z And the Supreme Court’s recent invalidation of affirmative action in college admissions makes discussion of corporate diversity and inclusion initiatives — which would fall under “S” — even more difficult. Markets Still Weigh the Meaning of a U.S. Credit Rating Cut 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Universities must find new ways to create diverse student bodies and avoid the precipitous declines in admissions of Black and Latino students seen after prior bans on affirmative action in states including California and Michigan. US colleges refashion student essay prompts after ban on affirmative action 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z In response to the Students for Fair Admissions criticism, the Defense Department said that it was still evaluating the implications of the court’s affirmative action decision. The Next Affirmative Action Battle May Be at West Point 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z |
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