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...wedding, and other acts deemed worthy of the label racial treason.But according to a new book by Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy, applying the label of racial treason is not a simple matter. Not only is the designation “sellout” complicated in defining the criteria for citizenship in Black America, but, Kennedy claims in “Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal,” the deployment of this term harms rather than protects the African American community. While Kennedy succeeds in illustrating the difficulties that exist when trying to apply the title of sellout...
...affirmative action disadvantages Asian American applicants more dramatically than any other racial group. While this may renew debates about the fairness of affirmative action policies, it should not convince us to abandon them. Colleges still have a vested interest in promoting diversity and should be able to use whatever criteria they deem necessary in order...
...classroom.” Diversity is vital to the primary goal of a university: not only to train the brightest minds of academia, but also to prepare them to lead in a world where different races play major roles. To accomplish that, universities have the right to use whatever criteria they think fair to assemble a well-rounded and diverse class...
...state exams, $356 if she meets professional academic objectives she helped set in the beginning of the year, $1,067 if she earns a good evaluation from her principal and $711 if her school is judged to be a "distinguished school," on the basis of a mix of criteria that includes parent satisfaction...
...industry. "Business has skyrocketed since online matrimonial sites appeared on the scene," says Rahul Rai, director of Globe Group which is one of some 1,500 such agencies now operating in India. "Earlier, you'd marry someone your family knew well, or at least had vetted to meet their criteria. Now, with matrimonial sites, people are virtually marrying strangers...