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Do Asian Americans count as "diverse"?
Philadelphia Inquirer Blog ^ | 01/02/2013 | Matt Katz

Posted on 01/02/2013 3:37:25 PM PST by Kid Shelleen

New Jersey Democrats have long argued that they would approve only "diverse" nominees to the state Supreme Court. But now, as liberal opposition builds against Gov. Christie's most recent picks, the definition of diverse appears to be changing.

One of the two nominees, Monmouth County Superior Court Judge David Bauman, was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and would be the first Asian American on the high court.

Yet the Legislature's black caucus, the state Latino Action Network, and a broad coalition of more than 50 groups, including teachers' unions and Planned Parenthood, are opposing Bauman and the other nominee, Robert Hanna, who is white, primarily because they would not make the court more diverse - and specifically, because they're not African American or Latino.

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1 posted on 01/02/2013 3:37:33 PM PST by Kid Shelleen
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To: Kid Shelleen

Nope. Only the squeeky wheels (blacks and muzzies) count.


2 posted on 01/02/2013 3:42:02 PM PST by crosshairs (They are only assault weapons in the hands of tyrannical governments and criminals. Ban both.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

They certainly vote like “diverse” Americans.


3 posted on 01/02/2013 3:42:44 PM PST by Clemenza ("History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil governm)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Asians’ll count as ‘diverse’ the moment the democrats gain 70% of their vote nationally.


5 posted on 01/02/2013 3:49:00 PM PST by skeeter
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"Asians’ll count as ‘diverse’ the moment the democrats gain 70% of their vote nationally."

One of the most dissappointing stats...I thought they were smarter.

6 posted on 01/02/2013 3:53:09 PM PST by blam
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To: Kid Shelleen

Just wait until they realize that ‘Latinos’ are white people from South America...


7 posted on 01/02/2013 3:53:36 PM PST by proxy_user
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To: skeeter

That’s exactly the percentage that voted for Obama in the last election, 70%.


8 posted on 01/02/2013 3:54:19 PM PST by blam
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To: Kid Shelleen

No, because blacks hate Asians.


9 posted on 01/02/2013 4:00:20 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves (CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Nope, just a chink in the armor.

If they let this one get by, it's a slippery slope.

10 posted on 01/02/2013 4:00:44 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Your professional black hater class definitely hate Asians ~


11 posted on 01/02/2013 4:05:48 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: Zhang Fei

Only if their viewpoint’s not slanted.


12 posted on 01/02/2013 4:08:53 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: proxy_user
Just wait until they realize that ‘Latinos’ are white people from South America...

Just ask George Zimmerman.

13 posted on 01/02/2013 4:15:51 PM PST by YankeeReb
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To: Kid Shelleen
New Jersey Democrats have long argued that they would approve only "diverse" nominees to the state Supreme Court.

Racists. They are full frontal in your face racists.

14 posted on 01/02/2013 4:50:58 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Kid Shelleen

The longer you live here, diverse it gets.


15 posted on 01/02/2013 4:51:10 PM PST by popdonnelly
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To: popdonnelly

Definitely the best line of the thread. You’re not from my area, because all the pop donellys I know are screaming liberals.


16 posted on 01/02/2013 5:08:17 PM PST by Sicvee (Sicvee)
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To: blam
I guess Asians weren't immune from an appeal to their sense of grievance after all.

More proof that in the current racially charged environment there is no such thing as a 'natural republican' non-white constituency.

17 posted on 01/02/2013 5:09:41 PM PST by skeeter
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Only if their viewpoint’s not slanted.

Definitely wouldn't want to get any gook on the pristine founding documents.

18 posted on 01/02/2013 5:31:57 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Zhang Fei

Especially not mustard.


19 posted on 01/02/2013 5:38:02 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

They want to nip this in the bud.


20 posted on 01/02/2013 6:25:41 PM PST by coldbluesteel (Endo)
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