Affirmative action now becomes a tool of the majority opressing the minority...
That there is virtually no public discussion of, or Congressional debate over the massive and unforeseen collision between racial preferences and the mass immigration of those eligible for them, is a disgrace.
I understand that the GOP fears looking mean and hostile to immigrants in the eyes of white suburban women. Its a frustrating position to be in, i.e. that on so many social and cultural issues the majority of Americans (including no doubt these suburbanites)hold conservative values and positions, yet pressing forward on those issues is portrayed as pursuing a 'hard-right, ultraconservative, mean-spirited, divisive' agenda, thus scaring away Oprah viewers.
But I think that if put in direct terms, and if, for example, asked if they think immigrant children and the children of immigrants should be given a preference over their own children in college admissions, then these moderate women (and men) will suddenly fail to be placated and convinced by all of the nauseating, feel-good platitudes that have somehow come to substitute for intelligent and rational debate on immigration policy.