Thursday, January 25, 2007

Of Interest: Knocking Down Affirmative Action - What It Means for America


Q&A with Ellis Cose, a contributing editor with Newsweek magazine and author of the report "Killing Affirmative Action: Would Ending It Really Result in a Better, More Perfect, Union?" published by the USC Annenberg's Institute for Justice and Journalism.

Cose discusses with Brian Shott of New America Media the impact of the initiatives by Ward Connerly to end public affirmative action programs. Michigan voters approved such a ballot intiative during the November midterms, and Connerly says he'll attempt to replicate the initiative in nine other states.

Read the Q&A with Ellis Cose in the Workplace Diversity section of IMDiversity.com Career Center.