Students, community groups, school district file suit against UC Board of Regents for use of SAT/ACT for admissions – cite practice as meaningless barrier to higher education for underrepresented minority students and students with disabilities. UPDATE: Lisa Holder, Of Counsel to the Equal Justice Society, one of the attorneys engaged in this lawsuit, was aContinue reading "Advocates Sue University of California for Discriminatory Use of SAT/ACT in Admissions"
Coping with Political Anxiety
The last two days have been too much. Screaming insanities at the impeachment hearings. Giuliani giving us all the middle finger by going to Ukraine. Republicans siding with Putin and not the U.S. Constitution. Bill Barr gaslighting America in a soothing Mr. Rogers voice. Ever the nerd, I went online to see if I couldContinue reading "Coping with Political Anxiety"
This Week in White Supremacy #104: ‘Riding BART while black: Does our transit system play a part in continuing racial stereotypes?’
Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle - [Steve] Foster’s experience [for eating a breakfast sandwich on the platform] is a microcosm of the other-ization of black people that happens frequently on BART. They’re detained by police more often than any other racial group despite making up a small percentage of total BART customers. These incidents oftenContinue reading "This Week in White Supremacy #104: ‘Riding BART while black: Does our transit system play a part in continuing racial stereotypes?’"