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| Affirmative Action Is Another Nonsense Leftist Position We've Been Conditioned To Take Seriously |
| 2023-07-01 |
| [The Federalist] It's often incredibly surreal to remember that concepts and arguments from the left are at all taken seriously in this country. Reading Justice Ketanji "Black Girl Magic" Brown Jackson’s dissenting opinion in the college race-based admissions case is truly one of those times. The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against institutions of higher education using race as a factor in the admissions process, which prestigious ones like Harvard have been doing for years in order to artificially boost black and Hispanic enrollment, at the expense of white and Asian applicants. In essence, the court determined that it violates the 14th Amendment for colleges and universities to prefer some races over others, a concept traditionally known as racism. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion, "Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it." And then there’s Jackson, who professed to believe in the opposite. "Our country has never been colorblind," she said in her dissent. She said that in reality, because race-based admissions "help to address" past discrimination against blacks, they are actually "to the benefit of us all." Hear that, Asian applicants? Losing a spot at Harvard to someone of lower academic achievement is actually to your benefit! You should be saying thank you. Jackson then chronicled every way in which blacks are at a disadvantage — including in fictional ways — asserting that the only way to remedy the matter was to then compensate black Americans with preferential treatment. "The only way out of this morass—for all of us—is to stare at racial disparity unblinkingly," she wrote, "and then do what evidence and experts tell us is required to level the playing field and march forward together, collectively striving to achieve true equality for all Americans." It’s unclear whether Jackson knows that she’s a sitting justice charged with determining whether policies are constitutionally sound and not an academic theorizing on what a perfect world might look like. "If the colleges of this country are required to ignore a thing that matters, it will not just go away," she continued. "It will take longer for racism to leave us. And, ultimately, ignoring race just makes it matter more." It just does! Same sad topic: The Federalist - Ending Affirmative Action Won’t Stop The University System’s Racist Admissions Practices Babylon Bee - Asian Americans Celebrate Affirmative Action Ruling With 5-Minute Study Break |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #11 Pretty much everyone who has come out saying "I'm an affirmative action success story" since the ruling is a testimony to how much AA needed to end. Also they are testimonials to utter lack of self-awareness. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-07-01 13:14 |
| #10 Gavin Newsome issued a statement condemning the Supreme Court's decision. California did away with affirmative action years ago. Dipshit. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2023-07-01 11:54 |
| #9 This was the best week the Constitution has had since 1789. |
| Posted by: Matt 2023-07-01 11:27 |
| #8 The fact that they eliminated affirmative action in private universities but kept it at service academies is sort of upside down. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-07-01 09:23 |
| #7 We have had about 60+/- years,since Affirmative Action was started in the 1960's. That's at least 3 generations. In some states Affirmative Action started in the 50's, so even longer. So why is it still needed? Shouldn't we be hiring the BEST to fill jobs instead hiring based on Race/Color for votes? Where is the incentive for a person to be their best if they get a free ride or Pass? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-07-01 09:11 |
| #6 Obamas say affirmative action allowed them to 'prove we belonged' in college |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-07-01 08:31 |
| #5 The Left's position is that blacks are fundamentally inferior and incapable of 'equal' competition based upon merit. Can you say 'racist'? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-07-01 08:10 |
| #4 ^ in the final arguments of the FDR administration before SCOTUS, they stipulated it was a tax not a pension system. During the Johnson administration and Donk controlled Congress they effectively did away with dual bookkeeping and merged it into the main tax stream. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-07-01 08:09 |
| #3 Now fix Social Security and declare it an illegal Ponzi scheme |
| Posted by: Airandee 2023-07-01 07:17 |
| #2 Just maybe; I mean maybe. The Supreme Court just called an end to the experiment based on the terrible results and outcomes from the reverse discrimination. The Constitution always provided clear direction why AA was illegal. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2023-07-01 07:15 |
| #1 We will no doubt spend the next sixty to seventy years attempting to correct this obvious government klusterfok. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-07-01 06:58 |