So in New Haven there was this multiple-choice test that no black firefighters passed. The city concluded the test was racially biased. So what kind of questions in such a test would favor non-black firefighters?
Many of the questions were basic math. Is math white-biased? That’s ridiculous.
"Always common sense will suggest the conservative view," said Dennis Prager on his radio show Monday. "If these black firefighters received a substandard education, then we need to fix their education."
"When equality is your greatest goal, you have to end up with authoritarian government. There is no other way to produce equality. When there is liberty, there is inequality. People are free to fail and to succeed."
Fred emails: Sir–
I recall that when Justice O’Connor was considering an affirmative action case, she stated her belief that 25 years hence there should be no further need for racial preferences. Apparently, the superior "wise Latina woman" nominated by Obama thinks that racial preferences should be permanent. (Incidentally, affirmative action in the Federal government was introduced by President Nixon about four decades ago.)
Justice Ginsberg, in her dissent on the New Haven case, dismissively comments that the Supreme Court’s decision will not last. Apparently, she also believes that racial preferences should be permanent.
So let’s look at the problem. Decades of affirmative action have not solved the problem. Therefore, the problems of the black underclass are not the mere result of a lack of opportunity. Could it be that there is something inherently damaging about the cultural norms of African American culture? Could it be that unless there is a basic change in African American culture, all other "solutions" are pointless? By failing to fix this problem, African Americans are shirking their responsibilities to solve the problem. White liberals are enabling and encouraging the shirking of this responsibility.
Further, just as welfare creates a culture of dependence, African Americans have come to believe that they cannot succeed on a level playing field and therefore must depend on special advantages doled out to them. Again, white liberals must bear much of the blame for the problems of the black underclass.
Math is the basic tool for understanding the universe. If math questions on a test inherently favor whites, doesn’t that mean that the task of understanding God’s universe is biased in favor of whites? That is the ultimate conclusion one must draw if one accepts the logic of the City of New Haven.
Three final questions: Would you seek out an affirmative action urologist? Would you seek out an affirmative action brain surgeon? If not, doesn’t that mean that affirmative action effectively tarnishes the standing of all African American professionals by making them suspect?
