Tag Archives: Affirmative Action

Quick Takes – Public School’s Religious Discrimination, Speaking English a H8 Crime, and Education sans Parents

Posted on March 31, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Education      Despite the fact that under both Federal and state non-discrimination … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – “Ban Bossy” Social Engineering, Guns as a Social Disease, and Having a Mom & Dad is Best

Posted on March 26, 2014 by The Political Hat

     We’ll be doing “quick takes” on items where there too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on, and will put it out pseudo-randomly.      Bookworm of Bookworm’s Room brings up the “anti-bossy” … Continue reading →

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Diversity and Affirmative Action Don’t Mix

Posted on March 24, 2014 by The Political Hat

     The Democrats in the California Legislature Grand Soviet, have a 2/3 majority in each chamber (leaves of absence aside).  They decided to use that power to partially repeal the California Civil Rights Initiative (i.e. Prop. 209), which they passed out … Continue reading →

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Academia Today: “Justice” over Freedom

Posted on February 23, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Yet another mis-educated elitist and Marxist, this time a student attending Harvard, has declared that freedom is oppression and that “Academic Justice” should trump “Academic Freedom.”  She writes in the Harvard Crimson: “If our university community opposes racism, sexism, and … Continue reading →

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California on the Verge of Legalizing Racial Discrimination

Posted on February 3, 2014 by The Political Hat

     The California state Senate passed a Constitutional Amendment that would legalize racial discrimination in schools and state colleges, including the University of California.      In 1996, then-Regent of the University of California Board of Regents supported the California Civil Rights Initiative … Continue reading →

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What is Old is New Again: College Leftists Threaten “Physical Action”

Posted on January 30, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Back when Leftist campus radicals were more than a sad pathetic joke, “direct action” was one of the methods and threats they used to get campuses to do what they wanted.      What is old is new again, as the University … Continue reading →

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Duck Dynasty and the Intolerance of the Left

Posted on December 22, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The intolerance of those who preach “tolerance” has been well established, with many examples to prove the point.  Two articles concerning this by Mark Steyn and Erick Erickson point out that the “suspension” of Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty by … Continue reading →

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The “Privilege” of Being Discriminated Against

Posted on November 30, 2013 by The Political Hat

     One of the basic assumptions of the Progressive notion of “privilege” is that it is so pervasive that it becomes the overwhelming factor that leads straight White “cis-gendered” males (AKA the “Kyriarchy“) to be oppress everyone else.  This, of course, … Continue reading →

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Oppression of the Grammar NAZIs

Posted on November 27, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Graduate students in the School of Education & Information Studies at UCLA staged a sit-in to protest a most vile form of evil oppression by White oppressors.  Just what was this vile evil being thrust upon poor downtrodden and oppressed … Continue reading →

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The Equality Obsession

Posted on November 25, 2013 by The Political Hat

     A core concept of the Progressives’ version of “Justice” is an equality of outcome, and egalitarian principles that we are all equally the same, and that all differences are unjust and false.  As such, since all are equally deserving, “[e]ach … Continue reading →

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