Dennis decried affirmative action on his Youtube show June 19, 2023: “Society will suffer because merit will no longer be the reason for any position. It says to the ones who work hard, don’t bother working hard because we’re no longer choosing by merit. It says to the minority, there’s no reason to work hard, you’re going to get ahead just because of your gender or race.”
Selective affirmative action (and all affirmative action is selective), needless to say, does not mean that merit and hard work count for nothing.
Julie Hartman: “Everything you said is spot on. If you follow the merit route, it is the most quality inducing, diversity rewarding situation… All of these outcomes that the left proclaims that they want. If we create an environment where people succeed on merit, we will see representation. We will see blacks in leadership positions. We will see all of the things that left claims they want.”
Unless different peoples have different gifts. Then not so much.
Dennis: “You’ve seen PragerU and how diverse it is and there is no affirmative action.”
Like many American Jews, Dennis Prager has warm feelings about blacks. He practices affirmative action on his radio show, bending over backwards to be particularly kind to his black callers. On Jan. 19, 1998, Dennis said that if he had to choose between two equally qualified potential employees, he’d probably choose the black. A caller reminded Dennis of his stand that race doesn’t matter. Dennis replied that he didn’t live in theory.
Jul. 12, 2013, Dennis said: “There’s an affirmative action program on this program for black conservatives.”
Apr. 7, 2014, Dennis said: “There are times when a person’s views are so horrific, it is hard to understand how a company could continue to employ someone. If a guy is in the Ku Klux Klan, if a guy is in a white supremacist fascistic group, I understand it. If you deny the Holocaust and you deny it publicly. There are a few [beliefs a person can hold that make him worthy of being fired] because you’re talking about freaks. Freaks are in the KKK.”
Julie says to Dennis June 19: “You and the Torah are such a winning combination. The Torah is so wise and you are so wise. There’s just no better translator for it. That’s the perfect project for someone like you. The Torah is life-changing stuff.”
