What he said
Digby said:
We don't hate Thomas because he's black or because he was a recipient of affirmative action. We hate him because he's an extreme right wing radical who nonetheless claims the mantle of racial victimhood and uses it dishonestly in the service of bigotry. Instead of recognizing that the same old racists are using the epithet "affirmative action admission" as a way of saying that racial minorities are inferior, he blames those who are trying to mitigate that bigotry by developing systems like affirmative action.
If Clarence finds himself feeling ashamed of being the beneficiary of affirmative action then Clarence needs to take up the issue with those who really do see racial minorities as being less qualified because of it.
… and I heard about it from
AmpersandThat's the problem with not being able to read your whole blogroll every day. You often wind up needing two links instead of one.
posted by Prometheus 6 at 7/1/2003 11:33:34 PM |
Posted by P6 at July 1, 2003 11:33 PM
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