Monday, May 10, 2010

Liberals raise affirmative action question

Congress.org
Kagan hired mostly white men while at Harvard.

One concern some liberals have is over Kagan's position on affirmative action. It's unclear what it is, but Kagan did not have a particularly good record of hiring women or minorities while serving as dean of Harvard's law school.
Under her watch, the school hired 29 new professors. All except one were white, and only six were women. A Duke University professor pointed out the track record, prompting the White House to respond that Kagan did put black and Latino candidates in the running for positions, even if they weren't ultimately selected.

Full blog post: http://www.congress.org/news/2010/05/10/liberals_raise_affirmative_action_question

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