George Will Asks...

Why race?

"...Although progressive people would never stoop to racial stereotyping, they evidently believe that any black or other minority child, however young, or from whatever social background, makes a predictable and distinctive - you might say stereotypical - contribution to "diversity."

Breyer said that last week's decision abandons "the promise of Brown." Actually, that promise - a colorblind society - has been traduced by the "diversity" exception to the Equal Protection Clause. That exception allows white majorities to feel noble while treating blacks and certain other minorities as seasoning - a sort of human oregano - to be sprinkled across a student body to make the majority's educational experience more flavorful.

This repulsive practice merits Clarence Thomas' warning in his opinion concurring with last week's ruling: Beware of elites eager to constitutionalize "faddish social theories." Often, they are only theories. As Roberts said, Seattle and Louisville offered "no evidence" that the diversity they have achieved (by what he has called the "sordid business" of "divvying us up by race") is necessary to achieve the "asserted" educational benefits.

Evidence is beside the point. The point for race-mongering diversity tinkerers is their professional and ideological stake in preventing America from achieving "a colorblind mentality."

Creating a sub-race, beholding to their Massa's, is precisely why modern liberals play the race card. Informing individuals that they are incapable of reaching as far as other individuals simply because of their genetics is as racist as anything the KKK ever thought up, more so when given the fact that the Klan wasn't a government institution that should know better. Living in a liberal college town...well, the suburbs of it...is an amazing experience. Born and raised in Manhattan, one would imagine I'd become inured to the blitherings of the elitist left, but at least up North they hem and haw when dividing the citizens into sub-species but here they make no bones about the fact that our black brethren need a lot more of a leg up to ascend the ladder of success. Case in point; I do a lot of volunteer work with the elderly. Always needing drivers with commercial licensing, UF practically begs those with CDL's to come to the aid of students in need but I've been told in no uncertain terms that they're looking to maintain a "diverse" driver pool and thanks but no thanks. Sorry, you can't even work for us for free. There simply is no bounds to Planet Moonbat.