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Justice Thomas Unloads on Lawyer Defending Affirmative Action: ‘Diversity Seems to Mean Everything for Everyone’
National Review ^ | 10/31/2022 | BRITTANY BERNSTEIN

Posted on 10/31/2022 1:07:22 PM PDT by DFG

Justice Clarence Thomas pressed North Carolina’s solicitor general to explain how the University of North Carolina defines diversity during oral arguments on Monday in a Supreme Court case centered around the use of race as a factor in college admissions.

“I’ve heard the word diversity quite a few times and I don’t have a clue what it means,” said Thomas. “It seems to mean everything for everyone.”

Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) has challenged the race-based admissions policies of both Harvard and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), accusing both schools of discriminating against Asian-American applicants. The cases were initially merged, but are now being heard separately after Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson recused herself from the Harvard case because she had previously served on the university’s board of overseers.

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TOPICS: US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: affirmativeaction; clarencethomas; diversity; harvard; ketanjibrownjackson; northcarolina; scotus; thomas; uofnorthcarolina
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1 posted on 10/31/2022 1:07:22 PM PDT by DFG
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Isn’t it strange than an all black neighborhood or an all black college are considered “diverse?”


2 posted on 10/31/2022 1:11:04 PM PDT by fwdude (Society has been fully polarized now, and you have to decide on which pole you want to be found.)
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As was explained to me by a young black woman during a company run “teamwork” seminar back in the 90s:

“’Diversity’ is gettin rid of all you 50 year old white guys.”


3 posted on 10/31/2022 1:20:02 PM PDT by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........then we defeated the Soviets....... Now, we are them.)
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To: DFG

The biggest mistake we made was the bussing cr**. The world is not diverse...we group....always have...always will...and government promotes it...gay month...indigenous month...black month...german festival...etc etc...


4 posted on 10/31/2022 1:21:53 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: DFG

“Ketanji Brown Jackson recused herself from the Harvard case because she had previously served on the university’s board of overseers.”

OH MAN. I bet she is seething with rage over that one.


5 posted on 10/31/2022 1:22:19 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: Roccus

“’Diversity’ is gettin rid of all you 50 year old white guys.”

And Haiti has never been nicer now that all those whites have been eaten.


6 posted on 10/31/2022 1:23:09 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: DFG
“I’ve heard the word diversity quite a few times and I don’t have a clue what it means,” said Thomas.

“I’ve heard the word "election denial" quite a few times and I don’t have a clue what it means,” said 1OldPro.

7 posted on 10/31/2022 1:23:47 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: DFG

Where is the unloading part?


8 posted on 10/31/2022 1:25:43 PM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: DFG

“Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote for the Grutter majority that race should be used as a “plus factor,” and argued that such usage does not violate the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.

That was SDO’s biggest she problem, always tried to have it both ways.

You cannot give one race a “plus factor” in preference to another whether they be in the majority or not without explicitly violating their 14th amendment rights.......PERIOD!


9 posted on 10/31/2022 1:29:07 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: Organic Panic

How ironic she willingly served as an “overseer”


10 posted on 10/31/2022 1:39:25 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: traderrob6
Barrett is the new O'Connor, as was warned by many here at FR.
11 posted on 10/31/2022 1:43:33 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (To solve the Democrat problem, the RINO problem must first be solved.)
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To: DFG

Diversity is nothing more than reverse discrimination.


12 posted on 10/31/2022 1:44:46 PM PDT by entropy12
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To: DFG; All

Please note that it is the Asian (Korean-American) lawyer Park who is arguing AGAINST the Asian plaintiffs in this case.


13 posted on 10/31/2022 1:45:04 PM PDT by nwrep
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How ironic she willingly served as an “overseer”

Yes, I kind of snickered at that word.


14 posted on 10/31/2022 1:54:27 PM PDT by Jolla
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To: traderrob6
"Plus factor" does not violate equal protection?

All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.

15 posted on 10/31/2022 1:57:01 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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“Please note that it is the Asian (Korean-American) lawyer Park who is arguing AGAINST the Asian plaintiffs in this case.”

Pretty common actually especially when politics are intermingled with litigation. Makes good sense on several levels.


16 posted on 10/31/2022 2:00:56 PM PDT by traderrob6
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Affirmative action means you can reject a well qualified applicant for admission, employment or promotion based on race so you can accept a less qualified applicant for admission, employment or promotion based on race.
17 posted on 10/31/2022 2:06:30 PM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: DFG

Diversity means no white people need apply.


18 posted on 10/31/2022 2:13:43 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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<>Nine states have already ended consideration of race in university admissions, including Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Washington.<>


19 posted on 10/31/2022 2:15:28 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: DFG

Race-based preferences are illegal, wrong and unconstitutional. Any law that allows them is invalid. Thus applies not just to college admissions, but to hiring and government contracting.


20 posted on 10/31/2022 3:39:13 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Our news media isn't worth camel spit. Neither is the democrat party. )
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