3rdnlng Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 MSNBC host and commentator Melissa Harris Perry surprisingly defended the lack of diversity in President Obama's second term cabinet in an appearance on the network this morning. Harris Perry says just because someone is of one gender and not the other or has a certain skin color doesn't mean they are representative of that specific group. Harris Perry cites Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as an example, who she says doesn't represent "the vast majority" of African-Americans. MSNBC host and commentator Melissa Harris Perry says we should "be careful" when it comes to calling out the hypocrisy of President Obama for having a not so diverse cabinet. Perry says we don't want to "assume that any given physical body carries with it a set of political ideas." Harris Perry names Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as an example. Harris Perry says just because he is black it "does not mean Justice Thomas is representing necessarily the positions, the issues, even the Constitutional interpretation that is shared by the vast majority of civil rights organizations, by the vast majority of African-Americans." http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/01/10/melissa_harris_perry_on_cabinet_diversity_clarence_thomas_doesnt_represent_blacks.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RkFast Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 (edited) I wouldnt !@#$ Melissa Harris Perry with Barack Obama's dick. Hows that? Edited January 11, 2013 by RkFast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 I wouldnt !@#$ Melissa Harris Perry with Barack Obama's dick. Hows that? You'd use your own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Large Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I wouldnt !@#$ Melissa Harris Perry with Barack Obama's dick. Hows that? A Mouth's a Mouth, and its all Pink on inside.... Stop being so dramatic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RkFast Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 A Mouth's a Mouth, and its all Pink on inside.... Stop being so dramatic Quite true. Just sick of these pompous !@#$s on cable TV news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 More ‘Diversity’ Nonsense Per CNN, a theme today: As Democrats in Congress celebrate a historic number of women elected to their ranks, the White House’s top ranks reflect a very different picture — one that is largely male. CNN has learned President Barack Obama is expected to nominate White House chief of staff Jack Lew as treasury secretary. The likely contenders to replace Lew—including Ron Klain, who once served as Vice President Joe Biden’s chief of staff, and Denis McDonough, a deputy national security adviser, are all men. So? As I’ve written before, I really couldn’t care less what color or sex the people who make up the president’s cabinet are. Just don’t give a damn. Sex and race are the least interesting things about a person. Boring and irrelevant. Still, you’d think that these Obama appointments — and the weird flak the president is starting to attract in consequence — might wake some on the Left up to the sheer nonsense that is “diversity.” Barack Obama is appointing the people that he wants for the jobs he has available, and one presumes that he’s doing so in good faith. Why should it matter who they are? If every single cabinet position was filled by black men or Peruvian women or Swedish lesbians — or, yes, white men — it would make not the slightest bit of difference to anything. This isn’t even an evil Republican with a secret plan to disenfranchise or oppress anybody who doesn’t look like Donald Draper; instead, an African-American president that progressives broadly admire is nominating a largely white male cabinet for his second term. Is it too much to ask that, instead of spilling more ink adumbrating the reflexive outrage, the spectacle will aid those who rattle on about “diversity” to take a step back and see that the whole thing is a crock? Here’s hoping. Meanwhile, Slate’s Matt Yglesias tweeted: Matt Yglesias @ mattyglesias Obama could easily reduce diversity concerns by promoting either of the two women currently serving as deputy chief of staff. 9 Jan 13 Sums it all up, really. The president could appease ill-defined “concerns” by arbitrarily promoting one of two people that he doesn’t necessarily want — because she happens to be a woman. What a lot of stuff and nonsense. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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