Black Diversity
Eugene Robinson, the diverse Washington Post columnist whom I’ve criticized many times before (here, most recently, and here, citing others), notices today that “that ‘black America’ is an increasingly meaningless concept,” that blacks can no longer be characterized as poor, as without power and influence, as liberal, that because of “African American economic and cultural diversity” organizations like the NAACP that keep anachronistically seeking a common “black agenda” are doomed to fail.
Fine. But why, then, does he continue to believe that employers and admissions officers should give preferential treatment to blacks based on nothing more than the color of their skin? Why does he so enthusiastically agree with “most black Americans” who, “on the subject of affirmative action,” think Justice Clarence Thomas is “nuts”?
Maybe it’s Robinson who’s gone nuts trying to hold onto his belief in equality while demanding unequal treatment for his group, trying to balance generally good sense with his continuing affection and “respect” for Al Sharpton, trying to square his notion that the new “diversity” of black America demands “a new language, a new vocabulary and syntax” with his continuing devotion to old shibboleths like preferential treatment based on race.
Say What?
John Rosenberg writes:
>>>"Maybe it’s Robinson who’s gone nuts trying to hold onto his belief in equality while demanding unequal treatment for his group, trying to balance generally good sense with his continuing affection and “respect” for Al Sharpton, trying to square his notion that the new “diversity” of black America demands “a new language, a new vocabulary and syntax” with his continuing devotion to old shibboleths like preferential treatment based on race."
Perhaps you should look internally for this answer, John. You quote Robinson as saying "that ‘black America’ is an increasingly meaningless concept,” but YOU in YOUR commentary use the phrase "his group."
Is your argument that "black America" is a concept that still has meaning in America?
Is this what you mean when you say "his group?"
When members of "his group/black America" take positions on topics that AGREE with anti-affirmative action types, are they considered EXEMPT from your definition?
Do you believe, as apparently Fox News Human Resources does, IMHO, that there is a "litmus" test for African-Americans based upon whether one likes Al Sharpton or hates Clarence Thomas?
--Cobra
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October 9, 2007 6:43 PM
Unfortunately, Cobra there are alot of litmus tests. The latest is whether you think Ayan Hirsi Ali deserved to be killed by muslims, whether she asked for it. Black Liberals and progressives and conservatives fall into two very distinct groups on this question.
Posted by: Anita | October 9, 2007 8:05 PM