Affirmative action challenge a threat to multicultural America

Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | March 2, 2003 | BOB HERBERT

[mafree]

Apparently, 80% of blacks have 'principles' that are easily bought, or are more interested in racial preferences that FAVOR them rather than in equlaity for all Americans, as they used to pretend.

Good point- sad though it is.

[Randjuke]

What ever happened to Dr. King's desire to be judged "by the content of [our] character, and not the color of [our] skin"?

What people (pro-AA) have forgotten is that this statement by Dr. King, while giving minorities opportunities they did not previously have, also infers a responsibility, namely to be judged purely on their merits rather than racial factors.

[wjcsux]

Thanks for the ping.

[B4Ranch]

Apparently, 80% of blacks have 'principles' that are easily bought, or are more interested in racial preferences that FAVOR them rather than in equlaity for all Americans, as they used to pretend.

Good point- sad though it is.

As much as I hate to admit it, the almighty dollar is almighty amongst whites too. While this may be because we seem to bear the bills for all this affirmitive action, it still remains true. The dollar is almighty amongst all ethnic races.

Only a few elderly, extremely religious people seem to be able to see differently than the masses.

[MO542]

“he driving force behind the Michigan University cases, for example, is the Center for Individual Rights, a right-wing outfit that in its early years, as Cokorinos noted, received financial support from the Pioneer Fund, an organization that spent decades pushing the notion that whites are genetically superior to blacks.
We need to see this picture more clearly. There's a reason so many mainstream individuals and groups, and some of the nation's largest corporations, have filed briefs in support of Michigan's effort to save its affirmative action programs. The United States is a better place after a half-century of racial progress and improved educational opportunities for racial and ethnic minorities and women.”

He forgot to mention that 2/3rds of the country are also with the Center for Individual Rights!
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-poll6feb06,0,7561917.story?coll=la-headlines-politics