The deafening silence about the death of an affirmative action 'hero'

Jewish World Review ^ | August 7, 2002 | Michelle Malkin

[alloysteel]

The real reason that "affirmative action" is so strongly resisted. Guaranteed incompetence in the minority communities. Merely attending medical school is not enough, there has to be some effort to learn and apply what is taught there.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The janitor also "attends" medical school. And probably has as much skill.

Oh, well. As long as he meant well is all that counts to idiot liberals.

[Dakmar]

Scoring political points is more important to left-wing nitwits than the death and suffering created by their policies.

[dead]

The doctor, Kennedy crowed, was "making a difference in the lives of scores of poor families."

Yeah, he was hurting them severely or killing them – much the same "difference" many families experience during and/or after an encounter with a Kennedy.

No wonder Ted admired him so.

[LibWhacker]

Sen. Ted Kennedy picked up the banner a year later, calling Chavis "a perfect example" of the need for lowering admissions standards . . .

What do these limo-lib hypocrites care if the rest of us are butchered by unqualified docs? They can afford the best doctors in the world themselves, and wouldn't be caught dead in the office of one of these quacks they turned loose on their fellow Americans.

[LibWhacker]

Sen. Ted Kennedy picked up the banner a year later, calling Chavis "a perfect example" of the need for lowering admissions standards . . .

What do these limo-lib hypocrites care if the rest of us are butchered by unqualified docs? They can afford the best doctors in the world themselves, and wouldn't be caught dead in the office of one of these quacks they turned loose on their fellow Americans.

[mountaineer]

Interesting story. Apparently, a book was written about the news coverage of "Dr." Chavis. See this excerpt:

The Los Angeles Times, which had profiled Chavis in glowing terms as a victim of white racism several years before, reported Chavis’s suspension, as well as the gruesome details behind it when the story first broke. But it took more than two months for the paper to identify him as the same Dr. Patrick Chavis who allegedly made the case for affirmative action. And even when it did get around to tackling that angle of the story, the LA Times did so in the most anguished and ambiguous terms, giving space to defenders of affirmative action who rejected the notion that Chavis’s downfall stood for anything larger than one man’s weakness and allowing Chavis himself to call the official sanctions against him “a lynching.” link.

[Alberta's Child]

Ted Kennedy looks like he hasn't seen a doctor in decades, but if he has seen one you can be sure it wasn't a black one even if the guy was one of the top-ranked specialists in his field of expertise.

[LTCJ]

Will Ted Kennedy send his condolences?

Not so fast. He'll run off that bridge when he comes to it.

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[VOA]

Apparently, a book was written about the news coverage of "Dr." Chavis.

I think there are a lot of other examples of media bias in "Coloring The Press".
I heard the author interviewed on The Dennis Prager Show.

Kudos to Ms. Malkin for pushing this topic into the open while "the media"
puts a press embargo on this subject.
It's conspicuous when one of their darlings is not openly mourned at his passing.

[crystalk]

No white doctor would ever have been allowed to practice or to continue to practice, while doing these things. Is this a kindness to minorities, first to let incompetents become MD's on affirmative action, and then cut up their patients to pieces?

[mountaineer]

By himself, Chavis isn't an argument against affirmative action. Single examples do not constitute data. He is, however, a reminder of something Kennedy and the others can't seem to grasp: Urban communities and poor families don't need black doctors, they need good doctors. And when universities admit medical students on grounds other than academic ability, they will turn out fewer doctors who are good.

from "Affirmative Action Can Be Fatal," Jeff Jacoby.

[Paul C. Jesup]

Don't you know that the liberal motto is; Use, Abuse and Throw Away.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Dr. Chavis, bringing (botched) liposuction to Compton. What a noble and necessary pursuit.

[Dakmar]

Baby Got Back!

[lady lawyer]

I've seen the same thing happening in law school. Students admitted on affirmative action, barely squeaking through (they really don't flunk anybody out, after admitting them -- especially affirmative action admittees). Then they go to work and minorities flock to one of their own. Unfortunately, they get terrible representation, and they have no way of knowing it.

[madprof98]

I seem to recall reading that the great difference Dr. Chavis made in the lives of poor women was aborting their babies. The liposuction machine, I believe, is the same device used for early abortions.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Sen. Ted Kennedy picked up the banner a year later, calling Chavis "a perfect example" of the need for lowering admissions standards in the name of racial diversity. The doctor, Kennedy crowed, was "making a difference in the lives of scores of poor families."

Too bad Chavis never got the opportunity to ply liposuction on Kennedy.

[Mark17]

Scoring political points is more important to left-wing nitwits than the death and suffering created by their policies.

Don't you think that is why most of us despise these left wing nitwits so much?