CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JANUARY 27, 2022
THE SUPREME COURT IS CONSIDERING MANY TOUGH CASES THIS TERM, INCLUDING WHETHER TO OVERTURN OR MODIFY ROE VS. WADE, GUN RIGHTS AND NOW RACIAL PREFERENCES IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS.
THESE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMS BEGIN AT THE WRONG END. RATHER THAN ALLOWING STUDENTS INTO UNIVERSITIES WITH GRADES AND SAT SCORES LOWER THAN THE SCHOOL’S STANDARDS, THE EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENT SHOULD BE HELPING THEM LIVE UP TO THE STANDARD. IT DOES THEM NO FAVOR TO KNOW THEY ARE GETTING SPECIAL TREATMENT BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE AND INDEED, IT CAN UNDERMINE ACHIEVEMENT AND DISCRIMINATE AGAINST OTHER RACES, LIKE ASIANS, A GROUP OF WHOM HAVE BROUGHT THE LAWSUIT THE COURT WILL NOW CONSIDER.
TO BRING ESPECIALLY BLACKS UP TO STANDARDS AND HELP THEM SUCCEED, START IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH SCHOOL CHOICE. MANY INNER-CITY SCHOOLS ARE FAILING THEM AND LIBERAL POLITICIANS WON’T LET THEM ESCAPE BECAUSE THEY ARE BEHOLDEN TO THE TEACHER’S UNIONS AND THEIR POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. CHICAGO IS ONE OF THE WORST EXAMPLES.
I DON’T DO PREDICTIONS, I BUT THINK THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THE COURT WILL RULE THAT DISCRIMINATION IS DISCRIMINATION, NO MATTER WHICH RACE IS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. I’M CAL THOMAS
