News Round-Up
27 April 2025
by Will Jones
Female pianists are to be favoured over men, according to the rules of a leading piano competition under which judges are instructed to "consider" picking a woman "in the case of a tie".
A flying instructor is suing the Ministry of Defence for race discrimination over a Royal Air Force recruitment policy that gave priority to female and ethnic minority recruits over white men.
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.
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