[wyowolf]

Another article by Dr Sowell

[norge]

This one will leave a mark.

[SouthernBoyupNorth]

spot on too.

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It so happened that Milton Friedman had another black secretary decades later, at the Hoover Institution — and she was respected as one of the best secretaries around.

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Sowell says in his article that at no time did Friedman refer to his secretary as a “black” secretary. My point is as long as we refer to someone as the “first black senator from...” or the “first African-American who...” we are still focused on race and not accomplishments.

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The problem with being a mascot is that you are a symbol of someone else’s significance or virtue. The actual well-being of a mascot is not the point.

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from the article.

[laotzu]

Leaping to the defense of black criminals is another common practice among liberals who need black mascots. Most of the crimes committed by black criminals are committed against other blacks. But, again, the actual well-being of mascots is not the point.

I wish Dr Sowell would ticket with Dr Williams and run for the Whitehouse.