Posted on 02/25/2016 3:50:45 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The clock is ticking down for Ted Cruz. After March 1, Hillary's dream opponent may be unstoppable. Here are the two things Cruz can do to save his candidacy, the party, and the country.
1. Pledge to end Affirmative Action
It's a matter of principle. Affirmative Action is simply wrong. It's especially egregious in the case of Hispanics. Why should the son of a doctor and lawyer who emigrated from Buenos Aires, and may be of Italian or German descent, get precedence over the son of an immigrant from Bratislava who is a single mom cleaning offices for $25,000 a year?
Preferences on the basis of family income are fine with most Americans. African-Americans will be disproportionately eligible.
But discrimination against anyone on grounds of race or ancestry is odious. Americans never voted for this; it was imposed by judicial and bureaucratic fiat. "Disparate impact" is no grounds for rejecting tests that have proven accurate predictors of success in academia, professional programs, and the workplace. Institutionalized racism is not only unfair to the European-Americans and Asian-Americans it (invisibly) discriminates against, but is unfair as well to minorities placed in positions or in programs for which they are unqualified, and unfair to high-achieving African-Americans and Hispanics who are stigmatized by it. It's also unfair to communities not able to hire the best candidates for their police and fire departments, to companies and government agencies that must turn away more promising applicants, and to their customers and owners, or the public they serve. Asked if college admissions should be based entirely on merit, even 44% of African-Americans and 59% of Hispanics agreed....
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Racism as a cure for racism is pure folly
On this topic at least, two wrongs do not make a right.
The idea of “correcting” the past means living in the past. It’s time to move on to a color blind society.
Pledging to end Affirmative action would be a bold move. I think it would the the right thing to do. It would probably further highlight the difference between Rubio and Cruz. I don’t think Rubio would follow suit.
I agree Cruz has nothing to lose at this point and a “hail mary” on affirmative action might work. It would stir things up for sure.
On Fiorina, I supported a woman (Palin) but I don’t think she would be a good candidate in 2016.
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