[jwalsh07]

Powell looks at life a bit differently than I do and while I think he is wrong here, I can understand where he is coming from.

[KC_for_Freedom]

Yes, I agree. I have read some of Powell's position papers on leadership and he clearly is not an "afirmative action general", however he believes he benefited in his early career from those policies and has the integrity to admit it. I am sorry that he does not see that a points system based on race is injurious to the candidate being admitted and to those who lost out due to the race delta however small a factor it was.

[Thebaddog]

I respect his opinion. the real question to me is whether his son should be eligible for affirmative action as his father certainly has been able to open doors for him that advanced his career. And he's certainly entitled to do it for his son.