1990 at Harvard Law School -- Barack Obama says he benefited from affirmative action

Harvard Law School Record ^ | November 16, 1990 | Barack Hussein Obama

[WaterBoard]

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[Mancolicani]

I don’t like affirmative action PERIOD, but whereas I can at least understand it for disadvantaged groups in terms of scholarship levels (and I repeat, I think it stinks), I cannot understand it on a simple and purely moral level.

If you ask me an Italian, to name all 50 American states and I only name 42, I shouldn’t score higher than an American who names 48. However if because of my background I am given a handicap advantage - well at least that’s understandable. Wrong but understandable. But if I am caught cheating - i.e. wearing a tiny earphone to get the answers relayed to me, then that’s a UNIVERSAL sin and nothing about my background should make a difference.

From an already wrong-minded affirmative action based on backgrounds, we have slipped into MORAL relativity. It’s no longer “He’s Italian so it’s only fair he knows fewer states.” It is now: “He’s Italian so he can cheat!”

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[Joe Boucher]

So I am not wrong if I claim the “magic Negro” is a quota boy?

[koraz]

I counted at least three other errors in BHO’s letter in addition to the one identified in the last paragraph. These errors say it all.

[aruanan]

So does the HLR always publish first drafts without editing? This thing was crawling with typos and other, more serious, errors.

[MathDoc]

OK, where did you find a list of his actual accomplishments? I've been looking and have yet to find such. I suspected that there isn't any such list.

Sure there is:

1. Published two books about his accomplishments for which he is listed as the author.
2. Ran a political campaign promising more of what he had already proven he could do.
3. Won the 2008 presidential election.

There it is - complete and up to date.

[erman]

If you ask me an Italian, to name all 50 American states and I only name 42, I shouldn’t score higher than an American who names 48.

but if you can name all 57 states, you get extra credit.

[KosmicKitty]

He still is

(benefitting from affirmative action, that is. Would a white guy with his qualifications have been elected - of course not)

[dennisw]

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22You+can%27t+build+a+reputation%22&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS293US294

That's what Henry Ford said but Obama proved you can do this today