DeVos Pick to Head Civil Rights Office Once Said She Faced Discrimination for Being White
Source: ProPublica
Candice Jacksons intellectual journey raises questions about how actively she will investigate allegations of unfair treatment of minorities and women.
by Annie Waldman
ProPublica, April 14, 2017, 11:17 a.m.
The new acting head of the U.S. Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights once complained that she experienced discrimination because she is white.
As an undergraduate studying calculus at Stanford University in the mid-1990s, Candice Jackson gravitated toward a section of the class that provided students with extra help on challenging problems, she wrote in a student publication. Then she learned that the section was reserved for minority students.
I am especially disappointed that the University encourages these and other discriminatory programs, she wrote in the Stanford Review. We need to allow each person to define his or her own achievements instead of assuming competence or incompetence based on race.
Although her limited background in civil rights law makes it difficult to infer her positions on specific issues, Jacksons writings during and after college suggest shes likely to steer one of the Education Departments most important and controversial branches in a different direction than her predecessors. A longtime anti-Clinton activist and an outspoken conservative-turned-libertarian, she has denounced feminism and race-based preferences. Shes also written favorably about, and helped edit a book by, an economist who decried both compulsory education and the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Read more: https://www.propublica.org/article/devos-candice-jackson-civil-rights-office-education-department
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(57,465 posts)About Candice Jackson, from ProPublica:
Although her limited background in civil rights law makes it difficult to infer her positions on specific issues, Jacksons writings during and after college suggest shes likely to steer one of the Education Departments most important and controversial branches in a different direction than her predecessors. A longtime anti-Clinton activist and an outspoken conservative-turned-libertarian, she has denounced feminism and race-based preferences. Shes also written favorably about,* and helped edit a book by, an economist who decried both compulsory education and the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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On Wednesday, DeVos formally announced Jacksons position as deputy assistant secretary in the Office for Civil Rights, a role that does not require Senate confirmation. The 39-year-old attorney will act as assistant secretary in charge of the office until that position is filled. DeVos has not yet selected a nominee, who would have to receive Senate confirmation. As acting head, Jackson is in charge of about 550 full-time department staffers, who are responsible for investigating thousands of civil rights complaints each year.
Jackson referred ProPublicas interview request to the U.S. Department of Education, which did not respond to our request. Neither Jackson nor the department responded to ProPublicas emailed questions.
Well, golly, she's written a book:
Their Lives: The Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine
And she used to live in Vancouver, WA. I spent some time there.
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* https://web.archive.org/web/20130120205354/http://www.mises.org/journals/scholar/Jackson1.PDF
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(47,953 posts)This is to avoid having to even deal with the Senate. Even though as DeVos showed, the re-pubs will vote anyone in.