White Savannah State football coach settles discrimination suit

The Augusta Chronicle
By Donald Heath
Morris News Service
Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 7:19 AM

SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Former Savannah State football coach Robby Wells received compensation of $350,000, which included $110,000 to his attorneys, to settle his discrimination lawsuit against the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and SSU administrators. The Savannah Morning News learned details of the agreement after issuing a freedom of information request for documents on the case.

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“Reverse discrimination” may be found when white supervisor was fired for violating “zero tolerance” policy, but black employees who violated policy w

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Theodore A. Olsen
USA
September 1 2011

Although "reverse discrimination" claims are not often asserted, and when asserted, are seldom successful, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that such a claim might be viable, when a white supervisor was fired for sending a "Top Ten Reasons Why There are No Black NASCAR Drivers" joke e-mail to others, but two black employees who forwarded a "How to Dance Like a White Guy" video to others were not dismissed. Smith v. Lockheed-Martin Corp., 2011 WL 2567777 (11th Cir. June 30, 2011). On this basis, a summary judgment granted to the employer by the district court was vacated.
Not only did the employer arguably enforce its "zero tolerance" policy differently, the evidence also showed that, when the plaintiff's "NASCAR Drivers" e-mail dissemination was investigated by the company, the races of the white supervisor under investigation and past violators of the policy were shown on a decision-making matrix. A jury could reasonably find that this matrix proved the plaintiff's discharge was due to his race.

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The “Reverse Discrimination Sentiment”

The Chronicle of Higher Education April 5, 2011, 5:33 pm By Richard Kahlenberg As Peter Schmidt reported in The Chronicle, new research to be presented at the American Educational Research Association next week finds that Americans “see minority students as having much greater advantages in seeking access to college than is actually the case.” The findings appear to suggest that the existence of affirmative action at highly selective institution generates a general (and factually incorrect) sense among whites that minority students are actually more likely to have access to college generally. The findings come from a paper entitled, “The Blind Side: Americans’ Perceptions of Inequalities in College Access,” authored by Indiana University sociology professor Brian Powell and doctoral students Kristin M. Jordan and Oren Pizmony-Levy. The authors, using data from a 2007 survey by Public Agenda and the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, find, as reported by Schmidt, that “nearly a fourth of respondents said qualified students who are racial and ethnicity minorities have more opportunity to attend college than others. Just under a fifth said students from low-income families have an advantage over others, and about a tenth said qualified students from middle-class families are better off than others when it comes to college access.” Full Story: http://chronicle.com/blogs/innovations/the-%e2%80%9creverse-discrimination-sentiment%e2%80%9d/29153?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Texas 'White Men' Scholarships a Response to Reverse Discrimination?

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February 26, 2011 09:45 PM EST

Texas white men scholarships are available to those who do not fit into certain prescribed categories or into any targeted ethnic group.
Many say it’s a response similar to the controversial affirmative action laws created for blacks and other minorities. Creators say its creation is only meant to help an unrepresented group.
During Black History Month, it is somewhat of a paradox to have a conversation about whites not being represented in entitlement programs or other programs that provide some form of assistance to a certain group.
Texas 'White Men' Scholarships -- Why was it created?
Caucasian Americans have been part of the so-called majority since the beginning of this country's history. It's been part of the status quo, or the accepted way of things in everyday life.
However, a non-profit group says that Texas white men scholarships are being created for Caucasians who are now in the so-called minority group of American citizens.
Reportedly, a newly-formed not-for-profit group was formed by a student with the help of others who share his stance on the matter of reverse discrimination.

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Comment from "A Higher Primate:"
Traditionally, scholarships have been designated for/allocated to white men. That is why some organizations found the need to establish scholarships for women and then scholarships for minorities and Hispanics. It would be safe to say that "white men scholarships" is an oxymoron for scholarships as "reverse discrimination" is an invalidation of discrimination. There are many, many serious problems in the world today that need to be addressed, and this question is not one of them.