General Information

UCSB Affirmative Action and Diversity Project
Immensely thorough webpage of news articles and analytical pieces grouped by category

Diversity Inc.
Monthly publication and daily website; publishes pro affirmative action pieces from a business perspective

In Motion Magazine
Section of In Motion magazine, "a multicultural, online U.S. publication about democracy"; includes 70 articles that have been published in In Motion about affirmative action

Equal Justice Society
Academic and law-oriented articles about recent studies and legislation.

Americans for a Fair Chance
Up-to-date articles about affirmative action; excellent fact sheets (see "The facts" on the left side of the page)

Understanding Prejudice
Ten Myths About Affirmative Action fact sheet

ACLU
ACLU position paper on affirmative action Fall 2005

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Affirmative Action Office
"Is Affirmative Action Still Needed?" fact sheet

History/Timelines

In Motion Magazine
In Motion magazine's timeline

American Association of University Professors
Timeline about how affirmative action rollbacks have affected higher education

Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Focuses specifically on the campaign against affirmative action from 2000 on

Higher Education

Harvard Civil Rights Project
Effect of affirmative action rollbacks in higher education

UCLA
Graphs with UC enrollment by race

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Description of 10% plans, or efforts to counteract affirmative action rollbacks by offering guaranteed college admissions to top 10% of high school classes

Harvard Civil Rights Project
Comparative study of 10% plans in Texas, Florida and Californiav

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Benefits of Diversity

Harvard Civil Rights Project
Links to studies about effects of diversity

Association for Psychological Science
Press release on study about effects of diversity

AA for whites

Independent Television Service
Fact sheet created for the film Race: Power of an Illusion

"Is Sisterhood Conditional? White Women and the Rollback of Affirmative Action"
Tim Wise, Association for Anti-Racist Education - article discusses how affirmative action has benefited white women and poses challenging questions about racial justice

Playing Our Race Card: Reflections on Reverse Discrimination
Tim Wise

APAs and affirmative action

William Kidder, Modelminority.com
"Racial Mascotting: The Real and Imagined Impact of Proposition 209 and SP-1 at University of California Law Schools"

Americans for a Fair Chance
Fact sheet on APAs and Affirmative action

Chronicle of Higher Education, Paul Wasley
Article cites study that says, at several law schools, Asians have made no gains after banning of affirmative action.


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University of CA v. Bakke

Landmark cases - University of CA v. Bakke
Summary of case and impact-great for teachers!

Gratz v. Bollinger

Wikipedia - Gratz v. Bollinger

Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute

Landmark Cases - Gratz v. Bollinger

Wikipedia - Gratz v. Bollinger

Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute

Landmark Cases

Connerly funders

Equal Justice Society
EJS piece on CA Prop 54 backers


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