Affirmative, Ricardo

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Editorial Page Editor Ricardo Pimentel wrote:

“Imagine this headline over a story about a Supreme Court nominee. “(Fill in name) rose on merit alone, viagra canada troche her allies say.” The headline, about Federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor, ran recently in The New York Times. I don’t fault the newspaper for writing the story or the headline. What I’m calling attention to is why it had to. She’s Ivy League, summa cum laude and has much legal experience. This says “merit” to most folks, except, apparently, when (fill in the blank).

Let me take a shot a filling in the blank: “except, apparently, when” the person in question benefited from affirmative action which often lowers standards in the interests of racial preferences and thus casts doubt on the recipient’s true skills and talents.

4 comments June 23rd, 2009