3rdnlng Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 SCOTUS rules on affirmative action case out of Michigan: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/204162-holder-sotomayors-affirmative-action-dissent-was-courageous Holder's philosophy in a nutshell: “Affirmative action has been an issue since segregation practices,” Holder said. “The question is not when does it end, but when does it begin. ... When do people of color truly get the benefits to which they are entitled?” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 (edited) "I (name), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God." It seems pretty straightfoward Mr. Holder. . . Edited April 24, 2014 by B-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 I am sure that it's true; he's not colorblind. Traffic signals likely pose no challenge for him. Unfortunately for the rest of us, he's just a straight-up racist who just happens to be completely incompetent at his job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 The Content of Their Character The 1964 Civil Rights Act comes to Michigan. byHenry Payne Schuette and America’s Future Time to end racial preferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Hey Mr. Holder, how's the Zimmerman investigation going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Shikha Dalmia: Progressives Need To Prepare For A Post-Affirmative Action America. Holder cancels visit to Oklahoma City police academy amid protests... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 “The question is not when does it end, but when does it begin. ... When do people of color truly get the benefits to which they are entitled?” 2008. And I have to say, it's not working out very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 2008. And I have to say, it's not working out very well. I was more concerned with the "benefits to which they are entitled" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 The Constitution Is Still Constitutional, For Now http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2014/04/the-constitution-is-still-constitutional-for-now.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepthefaith Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 SCOTUS rules on affirmative action case out of Michigan: http://thehill.com/b...-was-courageous Holder's philosophy in a nutshell: “Affirmative action has been an issue since segregation practices,” Holder said. “The question is not when does it end, but when does it begin. ... When do people of color truly get the benefits to which they are entitled?” Can't believe Holder's gonna leave us all hanging on this. I wish he would have told us what are the benefits that people of color should be getting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share Posted April 25, 2014 Can't believe Holder's gonna leave us all hanging on this. I wish he would have told us what are the benefits that people of color should be getting. Their entitlements, silly guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 SCOTUS rules on affirmative action case out of Michigan: http://thehill.com/b...-was-courageous Holder's philosophy in a nutshell: “Affirmative action has been an issue since segregation practices,” Holder said. “The question is not when does it end, but when does it begin. ... When do people of color truly get the benefits to which they are entitled?” When do I get my 40 acres and a mule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob's House Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 SCOTUS rules on affirmative action case out of Michigan: http://thehill.com/b...-was-courageous Holder's philosophy in a nutshell: “Affirmative action has been an issue since segregation practices,” Holder said. “The question is not when does it end, but when does it begin. ... When do people of color truly get the benefits to which they are entitled?” At least he said "people of color" rather than "black and brown boys." Anytime I hear that phrase I know I'm listening to a self-righteous blow hard. It makes me just !@#$ing cringe. Nails on the chalkboard, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepthefaith Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Their entitlements, silly guy. Yeah but I'm dying to hear the specifics. What exactly does the the AG want for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Yeah but I'm dying to hear the specifics. What exactly does the the AG want for them? A greater say in the governance of the country, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I'm not sure how the historic disadvantages blacks have suffered from slavery, segrgation and discrimination should be addressed, but those disadvantages are real. Slavery was not good training for a free society and neither was segregation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) I'm not sure how the historic disadvantages blacks have suffered from slavery, segrgation and discrimination should be addressed, but those disadvantages are real. Slavery was not good training for a free society and neither was segregation Are you playing one of those games that make you put together a sentence from random words? It's time to quit playing the blame game. It's been 150 years, more than enough time to overcome what their great-great-great-great-great granpappy had to endure. Edited April 25, 2014 by 3rdnlng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Are you playing one of those games that make you put together a sentence from random words? It's time to quit playing the blame game. It's been 150 years, more than enough time to overcome what their great-great-great-great-great granpappy had to endure. Just ask the Irish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share Posted April 25, 2014 Just ask the Irish. The Chinese came to mind when I posted that but I didn't want to complicate it too much for Gator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Another Day, Another Obama DOJ Attempt to Politicize and Racialize Criminal Justice By Heather Mac Donald U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the Justice Department would start collecting racial data on police stops and arrests. The effort is part of the Obama administration’s war on phantom racism, a colossal waste of taxpayer resources and a depressing diversion from the real problems affecting black and Hispanic populations. According to the NAACP, the ACLU, and now, the Justice Department, the fact that the police stop and arrest blacks and Hispanics at higher rates than whites demonstrates police racism. The Justice Department’s press release, like all such anti-cop propaganda, assiduously ignores the crucial fact that blacks and Hispanics commit crime at much higher rates than whites as well. Black males between the ages of 14 and 17, for example, commit homicide at ten times the rate of whites and Hispanics combined; if Hispanics were taken out of the equation (which federal data makes it difficult to do), the disparity between the white and black homicide rates would be even higher. Given such racial disparities in crime rates, the police cannot fight lawlessness without producing disproportionate stop and arrest figures. Holder fingered as bigots not just the police, but the entire criminal-justice system as well: A recent study, [Holder said], reported that half of African-American men have been arrested at least once by age 23. Overall, black men were 6 times, and Latino men were 2.5 times, more likely to be imprisoned than white men in 2012 This overrepresentation of young men of color in our criminal justice system is a problem we must confront—not only as an issue of individual responsibility but also as one of fundamental fairness, and as an issue of effective law enforcement. Racial disparities contribute to tension in our nation generally and within communities of color specifically, and tend to breed resentment towards law enforcement that is counterproductive to the goal of reducing crime. Criminologists have spent decades trying to prove that the overrepresentation of blacks and Hispanic in prison demonstrates that the criminal justice system is racist. And each time they fail. Even the most left-wing academics have been forced to admit that crime, not race, determines criminal justice outcomes. More at the link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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