OneGoodLeg wrote:
RangerGress wrote:
Trieatalot wrote:
I love how the image celebrates diversity. The photo shows how inclusive the GOP is to all colors ranging from white to beige to chalk to egg shell to alabaster.I dunno. I'm getting kind of tired of our celebration of diversity. Every time I look behind the scenes at "diversity", I see racial preferences. I'm good with diversity, but I'm not good with racial preferences.
Diversity shouldn't be an objective, it should be a result of equal opportunity. What does our call for "diversity" mean when we make it easier for one racial group, and make it harder for another, because they're historic over achievers? If I was was of Indian or Oriental descent, I'd be pissed that my group was, in pursuit of "diversity", often intentionally excluded because my group tends to work it's ass off.
When our lack of diversity is a result of one group not working as hard to succeed as another, attempts to achieve diversity are racist as heck.
OK sure, so how do you explain the near total uniformity of the assemblage then?
It's become entirely unremarkable to aggressively promote protected classes in most venues where a level playing field would be most fair. Jobs, contracts, academics, promotions, you name it. Much of this is even enshrined by law. Where it's not, institutions are so culturally predisposed to do it, that they press against the boundaries of law. I give you, for example, college admission policies that occasionally have to dial it back a bit. These are grossly racist policies all.
Then we have the outrageously racist/sexist actions of the various protected classes. Black companies that overtly prefer blacks employees and that's ok. Chick companies that overtly prefer chicks and that's ok. Contracts that give preferences to protected classes, and that's ok. Companies that advertise themselves as primarily some protected class, and that's ok. IIRC there were whole districts of Philly that were 99-100% Obama, and no one batted an eye. Some admin is trying to fill some senior position and they go out of their way to find a protected class person to find the job, be it cabinet or SCOTUS, and that's ok. All these outrageous examples of racism, sexism, and all the other isms, and it's all ok because "protected class". Such hypocrisy our culture shows.
But the president is in front of a bunch of white guys and an explanation is required. Right.
Besides, calling Trump representative of the GOP is silly. The GOP has it's warts, sure. But Trump being in office represents only the result of a comparison between Trump and HC to the GOP faithful. And the fact that the GOP faithful aren't any smarter then the Dem faithful. Heck, they're probably less smart. What a lousy choice we all had in that last election.
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RangerGress: Jan 9, 18 15:17