It is possible that the best, most qualified liberal is a black woman, but by preemptively disqualifying everyone else, you demean and diminish that candidate.
If I sold products solely based on external wrappings, I could get people to pay a lot of money for absolute trash.
So, whoever Reno picks will be forever known as an affirmative action. We’ve had too many picked for political reasons rather than competence. Picking for race and gender should always be objectionable.
“It is possible that the best, most qualified liberal is a black woman, but by preemptively disqualifying everyone else, you demean and diminish that candidate.”
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.