Analyzes Harry Edwards' theories and solutions regarding black male athletes, discussing the single-minded pursuit of sports glory by black males to the exclusion of cultural, educational, and social needs. Examines the systemic channeling of black males by American institutions, noting that though this system promotes opportunity for all,…

Disagrees with Harry Edwards' belief about a golden age in sports for African Americans, asserting that the golden age never existed for them. Suggests that Edwards' research does not thoroughly examine the new African American athlete and ignores the issue that the unfulfilled promise of riches and glory requires a larger socioeconomic and…

Free discussion of conflicting views is essential to the university's educational mission. Recent sexual and racial harassment policy decisions by some universities are equivocal and ambiguous and can adversely affect free speech and expression. Existing professional conduct codes are sufficient to protect students and faculty from intimidating or…

Investigated black-white differences in beliefs about affirmative action, examining conversations among small groups of friendly acquaintances (either all black, all white, or mixed). Cultural belief in the person as an individual transcended race. Most of the black groups and half of the white groups believed society fell far short of true equal…

Critiques the College Board's report, "Reaching the Top," which addresses educational underrepresentation of high-achieving minority students, examining its definition of achievement, noting problematic features, and discussing whether the evidence is compelling for poor achievement and for the central importance of academic achievement,…

Argues that while a certain level of fairness is necessary in considering the equity of compulsory military service, the most important issue is that of "winning the war." Also asserts that sex, age, and race discrimination are more important than social class discrimination in military service. (Author/GC)

Critiques the College Board's report, "Reaching the Top," suggesting that it is well-intentioned but wrong to those committed to public policies that are not based on race or ethnicity. Calls the report's ethnic categories stereotypical and imprecise, suggesting that it is rooted in an erroneous faith that schools are the solution to…

Critiques the College Board's report, "Reaching the Top," asserting that it illustrates collective fraud in the social sciences, which sustains an egalitarian fiction that intelligence is clustered equally across all human populations. Suggests that while the report omits certain popular falsehoods, it also omits crucial truths about…

Asserts that affirmative action is so contentious because it is not a true regime of group rights, discussing: when a group is not a group; black Americans and interest group pluralism; black Americans and corporatism; the prescience of black nationalists; the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund; when an organization is not an…

Examines the methods James uses to establish the misleading thesis that African peoples made the original discoveries that led to the development of what has been thought of as Western thought. Hypothesis is treated as virtual fact, and history is misrepresented. "Stolen Legacy" is not a serious work of scholarship. (SLD)

Although racial discrimination contributes to increasing urban social dislocation, problems such as massive joblessness, the influx of migrants to cities, and demographic shifts underlie the current crisis. Change will only come about through public policies that benefit all the poor, not just poor minorities. (Author/GC)

An intensive logical and empirical critique of Herrnstein's suggestion that a state of equal social, economic, and educational opportunities in a society would inevitably produce a meritocracy based on hereditary potential for intelligence. (JM)

Investigated black South Africans' perceptions about affirmative action, focusing on the assertion that racial preferences for blacks result in collective and individual demoralization. Data from students within a graduate Associate in Management program that supported disadvantaged students showed enhanced self-confidence for ostensible…