Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness

Racism - Not always black & white!

by Reena Kapoor

Apparently women of color are immune to allegations of racism.  Stupid me for not knowing this after having suffered through "diversity" training at some of the leading coprorations of this country.  I don't know about you but that does not make me feel warm & fuzzy about the choice of Sotomayor as nominee for the supreme court! I don't know how competent this Latina is but she sure scares me with her glib attitude and penchant for judicial activism, NOT to mention her racist remarks. Yes, read this:

Yet speaking at Berkeley's Law School in 2001, Sotomayor asserted that "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would \[as judge\] more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life." 

If you don't think that's racist, make her a white male in your mind and change the "Latina woman" to "White male" and vice-versa and see what you think.

Obama's Gift

by Reena Kapoor

Shelby Steele's cultural insights particularly about race are always thoughtful and his Wall Street Journal op-ed on Why Jesse Jackson Hates Obama is nothing less.  He points out why Obama's "post-racial" positioning has been such a hit and why Jesse Jackson resents that (see link to the video where he threatened to actually castrate Obama!). 

Obama is indeed a unique black leader in that he's chosen to not invoke white guilt (although that may change as November gets closer) and instead talk about "black responsibility". 

Fiery FIRE

by Reena Kapoor

I posted about FIRE in my previous post and then came upon this excellent article by one of the founders Alan Charles Kors called On the Sadness of Higher Education.  Worth reading for the historical context it presents, excellent critique of what has gone wrong and its terrible consequences. 

Political Correctness, Obama & all our 'isms'

by Reena Kapoor

The whole PC movement especially on college campuses has long been past the point where it could meet any standards of sanity.  In the WSJ today, Dorothy Rabinowitz' opinion article American Politics Aren't 'Post-Racial' describes more recent madness at Purdue University. A student (also an employee) was accused of "racial harrassment" and summarily warned of "serious consequences" for being found reading a book which, as it turns out, was a history book about a battle students waged against the KKK in the 1920s!