“That Conversation about Race” category archive

Many are claiming that the Supreme Supremacist Court’s recent decision on affirmative action was unprecedented. In contrast, University of New Haven Professor Mike Lawlor sees a precedent for it.

I recently stood in the doorway of the Foster Auditorium on the campus of the University of Alabama. On June 11, 1963, Gov. George Wallace stood in that very spot and blocked access to Vivian Malone and James Hood, two newly admitted students. They were Black.

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Last week, six members of the United States Supreme Court took their places in the schoolhouse door.

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Field reacts to the Supreme Supremacist Court’s decision on affirmative action. The whole piece is worth a read, but this bit in particular caught my eye:

I saw an Asian American mother on twitter telling her daughter that they finally made it. They finally struck down Affirmative Action and now it will be an even playing field for everyone. She actually wrote that everyone will now be judged on “merit”. Poor thing. Maybe she is still too new to America to see that she is being used, and that she is totally misguided. But she will learn.

Rebecca Watson points out that the Titan submersible did not sink because of “wokeness,” despite the claims of right-wing nutjobs.

It sank because of stupid.

And, in the spirit of woke and in anticipation of the recent decision by the Supreme Supremacist Court, she also makes some telling points about the value of diversity.

Or you can read the transcript.

At The Philadelphia Inquirer, Solomon Jones sees behind the rationalizations to the reality behind the recent decision by the Supreme Supremacist Court against affirmative action in college admissions. Here’s a bit of his article (emphasis added):

But the generational nature of racial preference is cemented into American culture through education. From underfunding schools in Black communities, to allowing toxic materials to languish in Black school buildings, to disproportionately denying college admission to qualified Black applicants, America has used education to maintain and perpetuate inequality. That’s why it was so important for right-wing activists to abolish any effort to correct racial disparities in higher education. Keeping affirmative action would give at least some African Americans a chance to compete on a level playing field. That has never been the American way.

Aside:

God forbid that America should do anything to compensate for the legacy of its original sin of chattel slavery, or, for that matter, even admit that it was.