In “The Insult of Flattering Minorities” Jeff Jacoby writes:
Once upon time it was racists who insisted that “nonwhite” was a synonym for “intellectually deficient.” Today that attitude is promoted most emphatically by the defenders of affirmative action, a system rooted in the belief that blacks and certain other minorities can’t hope to win if they have to compete on a level playing field. And so racial preferences are used to tilt the field in their favor: lower admissions standards at colleges and graduate schools, minority set-asides for government contracts, unofficial racial quotas to benefit those applying for jobs.
I’ve been saying the same thing for years. In “The Height of Disrespect”, Thulani Davis writes:
Professor Beth Richie of the University of Illinois at Chicago, one of the study’s scholars, said, “Young people today in lower-income black communities are facing a…whole set of stereotypical images of themselves — hypersexual, sexually irresponsible, not concerned with ongoing intimate relationships. [They] can’t help but be influenced by those images.” When several young women were talking about their reluctance to use condoms, one said that no one on TV or in films is ever shown using them.
I’ve been saying the same thing for years.
