More on Affirmative Action

Laughably idiotic comment: "In the private sector, affirmative action is strictly voluntary and not imposed by government but instead by the market. It rarely involves mandates."

Perhaps you'd like to learn about this little externality called "threat of litigation"...

Yeah, private AA is driven by market concerns. Sure. That's why foreign firms in Asia are falling over themselves trying to recruit American minorities to their senior management echelons.

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K Street on the Obama Youth and the "Power of Change"

Larry Parker writes: "And, with classic irony, while talk of boxcars to Mexico rages on talk radio, the people who WILL get to see a truly multiracial America (those your and my age and younger, Rod) generally -- generally -- welcome it. Why do you think Barack Obama's campaign is so fueled by young voters?"

Um, because he is a blank slate onto which they (and you) can project your fantasies? African Americans can see an Obama win as a victory over whitey, while young whites like yourself (oh, sorry, forgot your grandmother, who I'm sure thought of herself as full-blooded Cherokee) can simultaneously think an Obama win will cause crime rates, and demands for quotas and set-asides, to plummet, as the entire black community becomes like the Cosby family on TV. Overnight! Just like how the Muslims will suddenly love us because Obama's grandmother lived in a mud shack. That's the power of Change!

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