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...McGeary cannot distinguish between conservatives of different eras. Why is this important? Because conservatives of different eras conserve different things. Conservatives of the 1700’s were anti-gun rights and pro-monarchy. Conservatives of the early 1900’s were conserving racial disparity. But many conservatives of today are former liberals of the civil rights era. Why? They are conserving the lack of racial preferences conserved in the Constitution...
...about race, and race is an especially toxic subject. Of course, George W.'s affirmative action is about race too, at least indirectly. The class of wealthy, influential children of alumni of top universities is disproportionately white. And it will remain that way for a long time--especially if racial affirmative action is outlawed...
...second difference is that the Michigan system is crudely numerical, whereas the favoritism enjoyed by George W. Bush is baked into the way we live. Between these two extreme examples are all the familiar varieties of preference: explicit racial favoritism without numbers, favoritism based on something as amorphous as social class or as specific as your high school, favoritism limited to recruitment and preparation...
...white Dutch attitudes toward young Moroccans following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks (sample lyric: "They look at me as if I flew into the Twin Towers"). The song reached No. 4 in the Dutch pop charts despite, or perhaps because of, being banned by some stations due to its racially and politically charged message. "So what?" says Raymzter. "It made people think about the way they stereotype ethnic minorities, and that was the point." Raymzter's message is all the more pointed because it comes at a time when the Netherlands' traditional tolerance is being tested by frustration over...
Many messages reflected current world issues, with calls for disarmament, peace and an end to the global AIDS epidemic, while others noted continuing racial inequality in America amid controversies over affirmative action in education and Sen. Trent Lott’s past support of segregation...