[Vision2020] Reverse Racism?

[g. crabtree]

I'm very sorry to be the one to burst your little bubble but, while the nomination of your 55 year old latina is unquestionably politically savvy, she is far from the legal communities most prominent shining light. Her nomination will, no doubt, score OBL a few short term brownie points with a certain segment of the electorate but will leave scant impression on American jurisprudence. While her story is touching and all, you would be hard pressed to find anyone who honestly believes that she has the intellectual firepower to make any headway with legal minds the likes of  Breyer or Ginsberg much less Alito, Roberts, or Scalia. She is pretty much destined to be little more than a liberal "me too." In other words, affirmative action as it's most commonly practiced.

g
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To: "Paul Rumelhart" <godshatter at yahoo.com>
Cc: <ttrail at house.state.id.us>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 6:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Reverse Racism?


> Paul Rumelhart stated:
> 
> "This is how it is supposed to work, as far as I understand it.  All 
> other things being equal, choose the minority so that the staff becomes
> more diverse.  If the clear winner is a member of the majority or a
> minority, it doesn't matter, hire him or her."
> 
> I agree with you partially, Paul.  A job should go to the best qualified,
> regardless of race/gender, even if the best qualified for the job happens
> to be a 55-year-old Latina raised by a single parent in the projects of
> the South Bronx.
> 
> Right, g?
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
> 
> - Unknown
> 
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