Is this discrimination or just the law

White Girl Excluded from Minority Program; Charges Reverse Racismreleased on 09/29/06 at 09:07:53 NEW YORK Parents of a Virginia high school student are suing a college journalism workshop with ties to the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Dow Jones, claiming their daughter was excluded from the program because she is white.The Times-Dispatch reported today that the federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S District Court in Richmond accuses the Virginia Commonwealth University/Times-Dispatch educational program of exclusion based on race.Jane and Steven Smith, parents of 15-year-old Emily Smith, sued the sponsors of the Urban Journalism Workshop in a class-action complaint, the newspaper reported. They are represented by The Center for Individual Rights, a nonprofit law firm in Washington, D.C. that has led opposition to affirmative action, the Times-Dispatch reported.The newspaper reports that Emily Smith applied to be in the program in March, and received approval via e-mail in April. "It said congratulations -- you have been selected," Jane Smith told the paper. "It said there would be a letter confirming that."But days later, Emily Smith spoke to one of the program's organizers and was asked her race, the Times-Dispatch reports. The plaintiffs claim the offer was withdrawn when she was told Smith was white.The Urban Journalism Workshop is a two-week summer program "to interest minority high school journalists in newspaper careers," the Times-Dispatch reported. It usually includes about a dozen students "of racial and ethnic minorities," the paper said.

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Shield Law Sponsor: Bloggers 'Probably Not' Considered Journos By Mark Fitzgerald Published: October 10, 2005 4:17 PM ET
INDIANAPOLIS Bloggers would "probably not" be considered journalists under the proposed federal shield law, the bill's co-sponsor, U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar (R.-Ind.), told the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) Monday afternoon.Lugar emphasized, however, that debate is not yet closed on how to define a journalist under the proposed law. "As to who is a reporter, this will be a subject of debate as this bill goes farther along," he said in response to a question from Washington Post Deputy Managing Editor Milton Coleman. "Are bloggers journalists or some of the commercial businesses that you here would probably not consider real journalists? Probably not, but how do you determine who will be included in this bill?"According to the first draft of the Free Flow of Information Act of 2005, the "covered person" protected by the bill's terms includes "any entity that disseminates information by print, broadcast, cable, satellite, mechanical, photographic, electronic, or other means and that publishes a newspaper, book, magazine, or other periodical in print or electronic form; operates a radio or television station (or network of such stations), cable system, or satellite carrier, or channel or programming service for any such station, network, system, or carrier; or operates a news agency or wire service." The legislation also covers employees, contractors or other persons who "gathers, edits, photographs, records, prepares, or disseminates news or information for any such entity."A key reason some journalists oppose the popular federal shield proposal is fear that giving Congress the power to define who is and isn't a journalist could lead effectively to the licensing of journalists.In other remarks about the legislation at IAPA's 61st General Assembly, Lugar acknowledged that the legislation could amount to a "privilege" for reporters over other Americans."I think, very frankly, you can make a case that this is a special boon for reporters, and certainly for their role in freedom of the press," he said. "At the end of the day what we will come out with says there is something privileged about being a reporter, and being able to report on something without being thrown into jail."Lugar said he was inspired to write the legislation by the jailing of New York Times reporter Judith Miller. "I've known Judy Miller for many years," he said, adding that they became close when she was reporting on his efforts to dismantle the former Soviet Union's nuclear arsenal.The bill is necessary to help the United States regain its status as an "exemplar" of press freedom, Lugar told the IAPA. "Even as we are advocating for free press (abroad)... we'd better clean up our own act," Lugar said.