There They Go Again: No Affirmative Action, No Civil Rights

According to a recent editorial in the Philadelphia Inquirer,

[i]t was no surprise that Bush didn’t reappoint [Civil Rights Commission Chairman Mary Frances] Berry. The Penn professor had been on the board 25 years. But in choosing a black Republican opponent of affirmative action, Gerald A. Reynolds, to replace her, Bush seemed to rub salt into the wound. Reynolds is a protege of commission member Abigail Thernstrom, another critic of affirmative action.

So, failure to re-appoint Berry inflicted a “wound” to civil rights, and appointing a conservative black who opposes racial preferences rubbed salt into it?

On the contrary, let’s hope that dumping Berry was more like the dermatological removal of a growth that had become infected by 25 years of self-sought exposure to the high intensity lights of publicity.

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  1. Cobra December 23, 2004 at 5:22 pm | | Reply

    John,

    What is the significance of appointing a “black Republican” as opposed to a white conservative who holds the same views on Affirmative Action?

    –Cobra

  2. John Rosenberg December 23, 2004 at 10:06 pm | | Reply

    Cobra — You’ll have to ask the Philly Inq editorial writer why he or she thought it significant enough to mention.

  3. notherbob2 December 23, 2004 at 11:45 pm | | Reply

    I get it. If we don’t comment, you don’t put up another post until we do. Some people consider a black Republican the same in all respects as a white conservative. At least that is the way the left treats Condi Rice. Some people stereotype others by race. Actually, I don’t think that is a good thing to do. I think Mr. Reynolds and Condi Rice are good role models. Some people don’t. I wonder why.

  4. Cobra December 24, 2004 at 11:28 am | | Reply

    Notherbob,

    How does the left treat George W. Bush,Donald Rumsfeld or Tom Delay? They treat them with the same disdain because they disagree with them philosophically. There are millions of whites who don’t hold either of those three up as “role models.” Why is it that African Americans should view other African Americans they may not agree with as “role models?” What would benefit them by doing so?

    –Cobra

  5. Richard Nieporent December 24, 2004 at 2:40 pm | | Reply

    Some people consider a black Republican the same in all respects as a white conservative.

    No, they are not exactly the same. A white conservative is a racist and a black Republican is a traitor to his race.

  6. notherbob2 December 24, 2004 at 6:20 pm | | Reply

    I meant good role models for everyone, not good role models for blacks, although maybe expecially for blacks. No one calls Bush a traitor to his race. Or Clinton. In the olden days a white could be called a traitor to his race, but one never hears that nowadays. Guess some people just can’t let go.

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