Welcome to the 100th edition of This Week in White Supremacy. We started this weekly email on September 8, 2017, as part of our fight against white supremacy. Hitting this milestone of 100 editions isn't bittersweet. It's just bitter.TWIWS started with a desire to call out white supremacy wherever we saw it. I read aContinue reading "This Week in White Supremacy #100: A Special Message from Eva Paterson"
A Journey to Collective Liberation: EJS Judge Motley Civil Rights Fellow Yoana Tchoukleva
In June 2018, Elizabeth J. Cabraser provided a generous gift allowing the Equal Justice Society to reactivate its Judge Constance Baker Motley Civil Rights Fellowship. Ms. Cabraser, who funded the 2001 conference that led to the founding of EJS, pledged to fund the fellowship for five years. EJS established the Judge Constance Baker Motley CivilContinue reading "A Journey to Collective Liberation: EJS Judge Motley Civil Rights Fellow Yoana Tchoukleva"
Use of SAT/ACT in Admissions is Discriminatory; Univ. of California Must Cease Practices or Face Lawsuit
Today, lawyers representing three students, five nonprofits and the Compton Unified School District announced their formal request to the University of California Board of Regents that the UC system cease use of SAT and ACT test scores in admissions decisions. (Coverage in the Los Angeles Times and The Chronicle of Higher Education) The Board ofContinue reading "Use of SAT/ACT in Admissions is Discriminatory; Univ. of California Must Cease Practices or Face Lawsuit"