Social Justice Tag

Sen. Toomey Presses Fed on Racial, Social Justice Activism

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 25, 2021 12 Comments

Sen. Pat Toomey, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, expanded his review on political activism from regional Federal Reserve Banks. Toomey requested documents from the banks in Atlanta, Boston, and Minneapolis in regards to the joint Racism and the Economy series.

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1619 Project Author Nikole Hannah-Jones Denied Tenured Position At UNC-Chapel Hill

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 20, 2021 49 Comments

We noted in a recent quick take the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill hired 1619 Project author Nikole Hannah-Jones. This story returned to the news on Wednesday because apparently, the school has not given Hannah-Jones tenure.

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Conservative Activists Target ‘Woke’ Corporations With New Ad Campaign

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 20, 2021 11 Comments

In the wake of corporations siding with the 'woke' left this year, a conservative group is pushing back with a new ad campaign that targets companies like Coca-Cola and American Airlines. The ads suggest that the political posturing of these companies is a deliberate attempt to hide their failures from stakeholders.

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Student Govt. at California State U. Creates $75,000 Social Justice Scholarship Fund

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 10, 2021 3 Comments

"The fund will sponsor three $1,000 scholarships per school year."...

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Brown U. Professor: Teaching Identity Politics is a ‘Criminal Abdication’ of Our Responsibilities

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 07, 2021 15 Comments

Every once in a while, we are reminded that not everyone in higher education agrees with the left on everything. Enter Professor Glenn Loury of Brown University. Loury understands the true purpose of a college education.

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Olympic Committee Bans Black Lives Matter Apparel, Threatens to Punish Those Who Protest

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 05, 2021 39 Comments

The 2020 Summer Olympics kick off in 80 days in Tokyo, Japan, after the pandemic delayed it for a year. A lot happened in the last year. Black Lives Matter shared the attention with COVID-19 after the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. But BLM supporters will not have an opportunity to showcase that support on the Olympic stage.

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Roosevelt University Profs Caught Gloating on Zoom Call: ‘It’s All Social Justice, All Day’

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 28, 2021 21 Comments

Two professors from Roosevelt University in Chicago, who also serve as members of a local school board, were recently caught on a Zoom call bragging about how much they love being at the university because they get to teach social justice all day. One professor appears to teach education, while the other teaches public policy.

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University of Missouri Students Upset Over Staff Changes at Social Justice Centers

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 21, 2021 5 Comments

“the centers will be in a better position to support students, faculty and staff at the university”...

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“Trained Marxist” and BLM Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors Reportedly Buys $1.4m Estate

Posted by Samantha Mandeles on April 11, 2021 28 Comments

It's been barely a year since George Floyd's killing re-invigorated the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, but for its co-founder, Patrisse Cullors, a lot has changed for the better. While millions of Americans remain unemployed due to months of COVID shutdowns, Cullors—a self-described trained "Marxist"—reportedly just dropped $1.4m on a fourth house.

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Revisiting FDR’s Four Freedoms

Posted by New Neo on April 06, 2021 11 Comments

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Four Freedoms are still known today mainly because of the Norman Rockwell art that illustrated the concepts. FDR delivered his Four Freedoms speech on January 6th, 1941, exactly 80 years before the Capitol incursion used now by FDR's even-more-leftist heirs to curb liberty.

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U. Cincinnati Researcher Claims Intelligence is a ‘White Man’s Mythology’

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 05, 2021 14 Comments

“You’re doing the same thing when you describe your Black and Latino students as ‘very bright’”...

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U.S. Special Operations Command’s new chief of diversity and inclusion investigated over social media posts

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 30, 2021 35 Comments

As this social justice drama plays out, Taiwan is reporting a large incursion of Chinese fighter planes in its airspace....

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“Redesigning Admissions … Through A Racial Equity Lens” – College Admission Counseling Group Rolls Out Agenda

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 27, 2021 30 Comments

College and university admissions have always been based on merit. Even after the introduction of Affirmative Action, all prospective students were still expected to submit transcripts, test scores, essays, and recommendation letters. Now that the entire left is running headlong towards Critical Race Theory, that may be about to change.

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Kent State University Establishes ‘Anti-Racism and Equity Institute’

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 27, 2021 1 Comment

“The creation of this institute is very timely”...

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Ohio State has 150 Diversity Officials, But Will Hire 50 Profs to Address Social Justice

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 26, 2021 4 Comments

"President Kristina Johnson stated last month that she was encouraged by the Task Force on Racism and Racial Inequities to hire 150 new faculty within a new initiative"...

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NC School District’s Campaign Against ‘Whiteness in Educational Spaces’ Told Teachers to Ignore Parental Concerns

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 20, 2021 32 Comments

According to newly revealed documents, a school district in North Carolina embraced a race-based program steeped in Critical Race Theory last year. More disturbing, however, is the directive given for dealing with parents who object.

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Paper: ‘White Fragility’ Ideology is Tearing the Country Apart

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 18, 2021 3 Comments

"the use of the issue of racism by some people and/or groups is being ‘framed’ in such a way that it is used to leverage change, including the breakup of the country"...

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Students Demand Resignation of U. Vermont Prof Who Complained of Anti-White Campus Sentiment

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 17, 2021 24 Comments

University of Vermont Professor Aaron Kindsvatter recently uploaded a video to YouTube addressing concern over what he sees happening on campus. According to Kindsvatter, who teaches counseling, anti-white sentiment is growing on campus. Students want him to resign over this.

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