I’m a little slow on the uptake because I just found a link while going through my comments from last week. It’s an article written by an undergrad at the University of Michigan who writes for the school paper. He hates my stance on skin color preferences. Oh, and I’m a pawn of you white conservatives, too. Bet you didn’t know that. James David Dickson writes:
It took but one look and one click on Townhall.com’s front page today for me to remember why, exactly, I hate the conservative position on affirmative action.
This article written by a black, female beneficiary of affirmative action, is what Townhall chose to present as its argument against racial preferences.
Its author, La Shawn Barber, was the beneficiary of affirmative action in college admissions, but also in another way, a way she might not even realize. Barber herself admits that she’s nothing special; she is, simply, a “Washington, D.C. based writer” and a self-proclaimed “regular person.” So why would Townhall ever link an article written by a “regular person” to its front page?
First of all, I don’t like being referred to as “a female.” The female sex exists throughout the animal kindom, and I’m not an animal. I’m a woman. Anyway, I don’t have the time or energy to post long about this.
Those of you new to the blog probably haven’t seen my article archives. Here’s a column I wrote where I discussed why I’m against skin color preferences even though I’ve benefited from them.
Don’t laugh at my old photo, either.
Michelle Malkin has a new book!
(Hat tip: Instapundit).
Update (8/3/04): I realize I should’ve linked to the article that was the topic of the student’s indignation. It’s actually a transcript of a speech called “The Evolution of Affirmative Action.”
