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...exams if the results of blacks and whites had been reversed, the Chief Justice raised a skeptical eyebrow, and Scalia said, "I don't think you'd say that." Gregory Coleman, an attorney representing the firefighters, told the Justices his clients were being punished solely because they are white. "Racial classifications are inherently pernicious and, if not checked, lead as they did in New Haven to regrettable and socially destructive racial politics," he said...
...other in 1988, and I was never a total convert to some of his ideas. But we agreed on a 15% across-the-board tax cut and reduced federal spending as key components of our campaign. In the end, the power of ideas, enthusiasm about the future, passion for racial equality, positivity and inclusion brought us together. Jack never claimed his ideas were flawless, but he knew that our party, to become a majority, needed new ideas and a form of conservatism that protected the vulnerable. He believed that in a great country like America, no one should be left...
...about my world and how it had changed. People are at a comedy club to laugh, but at the same time we're trying to teach them something about who we are. In the beginning it was, "We're not all terrorists." Joke after joke was making fun of racial profiling. Now it's evolved, and this year's festival is really a celebration for the first time. It's saying, really unapologetically, "This is who we are, this is our culture," and having a lot more fun with...
...even become the Arab Woody Allen. Finding really good projects that show Arabs and Middle Easterners in a positive, fun light. I think there's a horrible void in that these voices are not on American TV. We're not the first to try to use comedy to raise racial or social issues. Richard Pryor or Chris Rock or even Lenny Bruce - they were challenging people through their comedy, but still they were being funny. We're just following in the footsteps of people who have blazed paths...
...This mindset of regarding Supreme Court nominations as a means of rewarding a constituency for its political support is highly pernicious and poisons the nomination process. Furthermore, the pursuit of racial and sexual balance has no place in a process that should aspire to select justices based on the relevant criteria of intellect and principles, not the irrelevant criteria of complexion and anatomy...