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A school principal said no white children were allowed at an after-school tutoring program, and now some parents call it discrimination. The principal at Mission Viejo Elementary in Aurora sent a letter telling parents the program is only for students of color. Parents CBS4 talked with said they were shocked to see, in this day and age, what they consider to be segregation. “I was infuriated. I didn’t understand why they would include or exclude certain groups,” said parent Nicole Cox, who is white. Cox’s 10-year-old daughter needs tutoring. After receiving the notice, other parents complained to the school’s principal,...

Lawmakers in Maryland have killed a bill that would have made some white men eligible for so-called "affirmative action" by including them in the definition of socially disadvantaged. The Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs committee voted 10-1 Thursday to reject changing the taxpayer-funded Minority Business Preference program to help non-minority males in economically stunted areas, Fox News reported today. Doff Those Overalls If a white Appalachian wants to better himself, all he needs to do is "put his overalls aside and put on a suit," claimed Sen. Clarence W. Blount, D-Baltimore, chairman of the committee. "He'll be welcomed anywhere,"...