Junebug is at it again, y’all

(tmz.com) As Jess (Jessica Simpson) walked to her terminal, the pop starlet was hilariously cat-called by a snubbed male autograph hound who yelled, “How do you feel about interracial relationships? Can a n**** stand a chance?” as Simpson could do nothing but laugh.
The man’s parting words to Jessica as she disappeared through security — “Once [...]

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From teen dad to residency at Johns Hopkins University

(NPR) News & Notes, May 24, 2007 · James Harris fathered a child when he was just 15, but the teen father didn’t abandon his baby nor his dreams. On June 1, Harris will graduate from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and begin a five-year surgical residency at Johns Hopkins University. He [...]

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Affirmative-action workaround: Holistic approach

Some background:
(newsroom.ucla.edu) Prior to the enactment of Proposition 209, which banned the use of race, ethnicity and gender in admissions, UCLA had the highest number of African American freshmen admitted in the UC system. For fall 1995, when UCLA was still allowed to use affirmative action, 1,450 African American students applied, the campus admitted 693 [...]

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