News Round-Up
24 April 2024
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Mandatory fitness tests have been axed by the British Transport Police as they indirectly discriminate against women, "particularly those going through menopause".
The Welsh Government is to redefine women to include self-identifying transgender 'women' under planned new laws.
Literary agencies are telling aspiring authors that if you're a heterosexual white male, forget it. Regardless of talent, if you're not a member of the LGBTQ+ 'community' or disabled or BIPOC, you won't get published.
The Royal Air Force illegally discriminated against white male recruits to boost its diversity drive, an official inquiry has concluded, as Air Chief Sir Richard Knighton "apologised unreservedly" to all those affected.
The US Supreme Court has ruled that universities can no longer take race into consideration when granting admission in a landmark decision that ends the widespread discriminatory practice of 'affirmative action'.
Is affirmative action on the brink? American Supreme Court’s landmark ruling could potentially end a 60-year campaign.
'Affirmative action' is racism, Prof Richard Dawkins has said, and so is blaming white people for historic crimes. Amber Muhinyi welcomes the rare intervention for liberal democratic values and common sense.
A professor in California who used Native American heritage to secure grants and sell books is facing calls to resign after admitting that she is not actually Mohawk.
We should view it as concerning that U.K. universities don't seem to understand that inclusivity and excellence are often at odds. If you pursue inclusivity to its extreme then you include everyone irrespective of merit.
The Casey report on the Metropolitan Police has landed, and it is as damning as anticipated, finding the force to be institutionally racist and sexist. But is Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley right to reject the label?
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