(February 1, 2022 at 6:33 am)LadyForCamus Wrote:(January 30, 2022 at 7:11 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Yeah, he got himself in a bind. During the election, he publicly pledged to nominate a Black woman in return for an endorsement by the Congressional Black Caucus.
So, on the one hand, he's fulfilling a promise he made, a rare yet admirable quality. On the other hand, he's handed the right a talking point about affirmative action.
Boru
It’s not even an affirmative action talking point. To insinuate (them, not you) that any black woman Biden picks for the job will be de facto unqualified simply because she’s black, therefore “affirmative action”, isn’t even a talking point; it’s explicit racism.
I should have been clearer - it's an affirmative action talking point only because racists are pointing to it and shrieking about affirmative action. The fact that it has nothing to do with affirmative action is immaterial.
Boru
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