Race Preference Beneficiary

Jewish World Review ^ | 6/25/03 | La Shawn Barber

[RenegadeReporter]

We have seen the High Court of the country declare that discrimination based on race was repugnant to the Constitution, and therefore void." — President Lyndon Johnson, 1965

[Right Wing Professor]

Anyone have Maureen Dowd's email address?

[So Cal Rocket]

liberties@nytimes.com

[Right Wing Professor]

Ms. Dowd:

I was frankly shocked at the tone of your column on Justice Thomas. I think you should read this:

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0603/barber.html

It seems to me that it is far more problematic to have voted to continue preferences when one has benefited from them, as O Connor did, than to reject them after one has involuntarily been a beneficiary.

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