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...subject. I am surprised at the variety of viewpoints, variety along a fairly limited scale, I agree, but variety in style, view-point, and indeed conclusion. And I am surprised that at least in its editorial preface, it sought to disassociate itself from charges of "anti-gay," "ignorance, bias, cold-heartedness, and an irrational fear and loathing of homosexuals." I am surprised by the stated intention "to move away from an atmosphere of hateful persecution on the one hand, and of injurious ideology on the other...
...White House over racial discrimination and quotas, the Senate last week voted 95 to 5 to pass a civil rights bill. The House is expected to act quickly to adopt the compromise bill, which overrides eight Supreme Court decisions and makes it easier for employees to sue in job-bias cases. An amendment to extend civil rights protections to Senate employees caused a last-minute sideshow of debate. Under the measure, the Senate's 6,000 workers, as well as political appointees in the Executive Branch, will be able to take their complaints to an office of fair employment practices...
...attributable to race, but to the "high-cost, highly prestigious programs" that have traditionally been based at the larger schools. "All of our colleges," he adds, "are equitably and consistently underfunded at the same level." Mississippi argues that there is no need for further remedies against past bias, beyond aggressive recruitment efforts aimed at minorities that are already under way at the formerly white schools...
...Lasch's sense of defiance that has been responsible for her greatest misstep so far: two months ago, she antagonized Judge Mary Lupo by asking that the judge recuse herself because of her "obvious bias" toward the defense, as reflected in her "scowling, glaring and frowning" at Lasch. The motion was denied, and the tension between the two women has not improved...
...members of minority groups routinely victimized by a deep-set bias in mortgage lending? They have long suspected so, and now they have a persuasive piece of evidence. In a study of 6.4 million loan applications at 9,300 lending institutions, the Federal Reserve Board found that blacks were turned down for loans twice as often as whites. Of 19 cities studied, Boston had the highest rejection rate for blacks: 34.9%, vs. 11% for whites. Houston had the highest rejection rate for Hispanics: 25.7%, vs. 13% for whites. The refusals were unbalanced for even government-backed mortgages, which require...