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Thomas Sowell Perfectly Predicted How The Left Will Defend Affirmative Action
[Daily Wire] The Trump Justice Department recently announced to its civil rights division through an internal memo that it would begin "investigations and possible litigation related to intentional race-based discrimination in college and university admissions." The Left responded by shamelessly insisting that Attorney General Jeff Sessions wanted to promote the enshrinement of white nationalism in admissions processes.Kristen Clarke, the president of the liberal Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, insisted even challenging the notion of Affirmative Action "could invite a lot of chaos and unnecessarily create hysteria among colleges and universities who may fear that the government may come down on them for their efforts to maintain diversity on their campuses." I cannot help but reflect on these wise words from Thomas Sowell: "Some things are believed because they are demonstrably true, but many other things are believed simply because they have been asserted repeatedly." The black Hoover Institution economist has spent years proving the vitriolic language and policies of the Left have disproportionately hurt minorities’ socioeconomic wellbeing across the country and around the globe. Now the DOJ has challenged Affirmative Action due to empirical evidence proving it damages majority and minority groups alike. One recent Princeton University study revealed that Affirmative Action policies gave black students a bonus of 230 points on SAT scores based on the 1600 scale. Meanwhile, Asian applicants were penalized 50 points. Despite the facts, the Left is in a panic. Clarke argues that the Civil Rights Division was "created and launched to deal with the unique problem of discrimination faced by our nation’s most oppressed minority groups," revealing that the leftist concept of "intersectionality" has crept into institutions obligated to protect the civil rights of all peoples. Yet, it is proven affirmative action disproportionately affects Asian and Jewish communities. Posted by: Besoeker 2017-08-10 |
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