I’m a longtime supporter of affirmative action. I should be. After all, people who look like me are the beneficiaries of the oldest and most successful affirmative action program in history. For centuries we white males have ruled the world, aided not only by our native cunning and brute force but by the laws and customs that, until the past few years, have protected us from serious competition by women and other races.
Equal opportunity remains a goal, not a reality
Saturday, April 19, 2008 | 10:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 8:10 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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