“Every black person in a position of authority or influence is there due to affirmative action, not their abilities, and I’m through pretending otherwise.”
Every? Every one? Every single solitary one of them? You know that for a fact how, exactly?
Dr. Thomas Sowell? Walter Williams? Dr. Ben Carson?
Secretary Dr. Condoleeza Rice? Virginia Lt. Gov Winsome Sears? David Webb? Larry Elder? Candace Owen? Stacey Washington?
Star Parker? Allen West? Sen. Tim Scott?
James “Bo Snerdley” Golden? Herman Cain? Rep. J.C.Watts?
Justice Clarence Thomas? Coach Tony Dungy?
Every one of them?
“Every one of them?”
Yep.
Good post. Yes, there are a lot of accomplished Black people.
I have seldom, if ever, had a prejudice, a pre-judgment, involving black Americans. However, sometimes I have concluded after the fact.
My boss was a black woman. She was two promotions ahead of many white men who had the same education as she and many more years of experience. That is all objective. Now for the subjective.
A few of those white men were duds. They accumulated years, not accomplishments. I have no problem with their lack of promotion(s). The vast middle were average performers, as was she. A few of the white me were exceptional performers.
Because of affirmative action white men who performed exceptionally well and had years of experience were passed over twice in favor of a less experienced and accomplished black woman. I don’t blame her. I do feel sorry for those men. They either took other jobs elsewhere or retired.
The organization itself suffered. One brick does build a wall and one mistaken promotion usually does not kill an organization. Unfortunately, this was the first, not the last, affirmative action choice, and the organization subsequently went downhill.