Without Some Affirmative Action, Bros Wonât Look At You
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Iâm see any argument against affirmative action as invalid. Time and again, I see clear examples of situations where there was a rather conscious decision to exclude because of âfit,â which is just doublespeak for âwhateverâs normal and profitable to us.â Which is often to the detriment and ostracization of an âother.â
Thus, I have something else to add to the plethora of things Iâve already said:
Affirmative action is my best friend. Actually, itâs every person of colorâs best friend. And, mostly, itâs white womenâs best friend. We ought to embrace affirmative action with both arms wide open and say âThank you!â For, without affirmative action, we leave the decision of selection to those who would relegate we of different experiences and perhaps more negative perceptions of the fairyland they call united.
While one might say, âWhat do panels and media staff have to do with anything?â, to which I respond, âWith all the qualified and vested individuals out there, many of whom have passed the respectability politics test from some institute of higher learning, would you think that the panels and staff put to the fore still look like this or would they be more representative of the wealth of
