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Liberal support for affirmative action reminds me of liberal support for the public schools--they support them with their words but not their actions.
In Michigan, the Democrat Governor who like most liberals absolutely opposes vouchers, "agonized" over whether to send her two children to the big city public school. Surprise, surprise, she ended up exporting one to a private school and one to a mostly, white suburban school. Most liberals who can afford to do the same thing. I don't blame them cuz their kids should come first. But then they go and support policies that, as a practical matter, condemns poor children to the public schools they 'support' but desert.
Re: affirmative action, I'd like to see a study on the cardiologists and cancer specialists and other physicians that pro-AA liberals choose. That is not a time when you want to pick someone who got into medical school with much lower grades and test scores simply because it is good for society.
The only good AA is the AA that begins with young children. If they have not learned to read well and mastered a number of subject areas by the end of high school, AA is not going to work.
And in fact, it is a travesty and tragedy how many African American law students, having taken out huge amounts of student loans, are unable to pass the bar. Thanks, AA.
