Posted on 10/21/2007 3:41:16 PM PDT by Stoat
And those 'opportunities' would have been more readily realized in a tangible sense, and there would have been far more of them had the degree not been tainted as substandard, thanks to Yale's affirmative action crimes.
Similar accounts as Justice Thomas' have been made by black engineers and people trained in a variety of schools....so very many have said the same thing, that affirmative action had reduced the value of their hard work and achievement.
My Banker Boss in LA told me that when he was promoted to President in Chicago they also gave him a tutor to go with it because he was black. That’s messed up. (he’s 70 now)
I have a Yale law degree and all I got was this lousy t shirt and a seat on the US Supreme Court.
Did they do the same thing for white people in a similar position? In fairness, people moving up the career ladder are oftentimes provided with some assistance in one form or another to get them up to speed in a new job.
Was this done ONLY because he was black? If that's the case, that would indeed be bad, and suggests that the bank didn't really want him there and was being forced to place him there against the wishes of other management members..
Or, it could also be because management there was composed of condescending liberals who supported affirmative action and who thought that blacks simply could never do the job without extra help.
It seems a bit disengenuous for the other affirmative graduates to lay claim to how well “they” have done as if affimative actions stopped at graduation.
It would seem that at the their time of graduation there were few black Yale candidates to from which corporate affirmative action programs to choose.
According to him the latter would apply. He was a very smart man whom took his time on decision making.
Justice Clarence Thomas did not have to be taught principles or integrity, he had these when he left high school. His gained position is well deserved, he did not have to be a scum sucking liberal to reach the top.
Thomas did more than Okay, he did beautifully and he is 100% right about race, gender, and affirmative action. I know a half dozen men and women who would never have qualified had they not been part of the affirmative action and DC is full of non-qualified people holding positions they have no right to, basically ripping off the public….if government were cut in half today, no one would be missed.
Justice Thomas is the essence of America and well disciplined. I wish him God Speed in all his resposibilities and decisions. :^)
Ooops... Responsibilities
OM...Clarence Thomas is an outstanding man. Look at how the left did an injustice to him.
And see how much extra sweat, time and work it took him to earn his achievements as a result of affirmative action policies.
He's obviously a highly gifted and qualified individual who has achieved a great station in life.
There are millions of others, however, whose station does not afford them the media microphone that Justice Thomas's does, and millions (of all races and genders) whose lives have been destroyed in one way or another by these insidious and discredited social engineering schemes.
I understand that the sentiments you express are extremely common among employers, and are entirely justified. Such situations interfere with the natural market processes of Capitalism and end up hurting all concerned.
It would seem that at the their time of graduation there were few black Yale candidates to from which corporate affirmative action programs to choose.
Agreed on all counts. The cancer of affirmative action exists throughout Government and industry and is frequently cited in early retirements, job frustrations and related family problems.
I have known several police officers who simply got fed up and stopped taking the Sergeant's promotional exam because they kept being passed over by dramatically lower-scoring minority candidates.
There is something to that, but it was there before EEO, etc.
You can always judge an article by whom they give the last quote to. Enough said.
It's very sad when a talented person of any race is forced to spend the autumn of their lives wondering how much more they could have accomplished had it not been for racial laws that affected them in one way or another.
There are millions out there who have been harmed, although most never dare to mention it because in today's climate they would be instantly tagged as 'a racist' when in reality it is these unjust laws that are racist.
Let’s not try to make capitalism as a purely meritocraic process. Family and other connections help even Yale graduates get a leg up on the competition. Thomas doesn’t mention this, but his lack of any such connection probably hurt him as much as the downplaying of his degree. He was fortunate in that Danforth was taken with him. IAC, Richard Nixon had a similar experience. When he graduated from Duke Law School , no New York firm offered him a job despite his excellent record. Too bad: he would have made an excellent corporate lawyer. His background was almost as deprived as Thomas’.
Really?
The last quote in the article:
"You did OK, guy," he said.
So, your feeling is that because Clarence Thomas has achieved a great station in life, he should simply forget about the injustices that he faced while getting there?
Should the people who did not achieve a great station in life also forget about similar injustices?
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