IS SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA A RACIST?
(Mensaje se repite en Español)
While I have never much liked conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, I would take exception with calling him a racist for the following comments he recently made during oral arguments in theFisher v. University of Texas at Austin case:
"There are those who contend that it does not benefit African Americans to to get them into the University of Texas where they do not do well, as opposed to having them go to a less-advanced school, a less - a slower-track school where they do well."
"...most of the black scientists in this country don't come from schools like the University of Texas. They come from lesser schools where they do not feel that they're being pushed ahead in classes that are too too fast for them."
In his comments what never occurs to Scalia or any of the people like him is that these comments are rather indicative of an entitled White American whose Sicilian immigrant father encounter none of the limitations and assured damage that is endemic to just being raised Black in American. It mysteriously never occurs to a smart person like Scalia to ask why it is that the son of an Italian immigrant has a chance of doing better in America than people who have been here for 400 years.
Implicit and self-serving in the Scalia's refusal to make any accommodation to what has been the systematic dismantling of Black identity in this country is a belief base on the idea: Well, my father came to this country with nothing, worked hard, and was successful- so why can't Black people do the same? Ignored is the fact that Scalia's White father more than likely got off the boat with the address of an earlier Italian immigrant or community, which could make his transition easier. And while their has been anti-Catholic or Italian feelings at various times in this IS SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA A RACIST? - Perdaily.com:
