The Opportunity Agenda recently released a report, Affirmative Action in the Public Discourse, examining media and other messaging on Affirmative Action. I read the 36-page report with great interest and found its analysis both insightful and challenging. The report discusses the complexity of reconciling Sen. Obama’s recognition of his daughters’ privilege and his campaign’s support for affirmative action as a strategy to ensure opportunity for all Americans. It also reflects the mind-boggling way in which journalists (and the general public) confound racial “preferences” with any attempt to consider race in decision-making. For those of us who are interested in making our research and other work on racial justice relevant to consumers of news media, the report is a must-read.
Link to the full report here.

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