They dreamed of equality for all. Yet, almost 70 years after the Supreme Court struck down “separate but equal,” the recent decision to strike down affirmative action makes it clear that many black progressives like Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson – who benefited from the Brown v. Board of Education decision – still view the issues of race and equality through rose-colored glasses.
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Commentary: SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision Ignores Elephant in the Room
Growing up in the Jim Crow South, my parents grew up dreaming of a world where they didn’t have to use “colored-only” restrooms, sit in the back of the bus, attend segregated schools, and could sit in restaurants together with other Americans – regardless of their race, creed, or nationality.
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In their world, 2 wrongs DO make a right.
ReplyDeletePast racial discrimination was wrong. Current and future racial discrimination is wrong too!
ReplyDeleteWhen you're working harder to help someone then they themselves.....it's time to fuck it and cut it all off.
ReplyDeleteEqual people aren't free and free people aren't equal.
Exactly!
Delete> Affirmative Action Decision Ignores Elephant in the Room
ReplyDeleteWas there some Antifa hippo screaming at the hearing or something?
Next up: Whites are now a minority, but shucks golly gee no affirmative action!
ReplyDeleteThe best part of that decision was Clarence Thomas absolutely roasting judge Jackson.
ReplyDeleteSo the problem, the cause, of racism -- is patriarchy?
ReplyDeleteWho'da thunk it? (Yeah. I know. I wrote "thunk" -- I'm a deplorable Ist.)