This is a chronic affliction that permeates the black political caucus and liberal whites. It is at best needlessly paternalistic and, unfortunately for the most part, demeaning and corrupt. It is embodied in Black Liberation Theology, with its Marxist roots, as espoused by the likes of Obama's pastor, Rev. Wright, and exploited by Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. As the most of the press, it has got a clue. m/r
Bloomberg Writer Attacks Tim Scott as 'Affirmative Action' Token | National Review Online
By Tim Cavanaugh 5-7-14
Senator Tim Scott is a product of Republican reverse racism and low expectations, according to a Bloomberg News editorial board member.
In a racially charged screed entitled “Do Republicans Lower the Bar for Blacks?” Francis Wilkinson dismisses South Carolina Republican Scott, the first African-American to represent a southern state since the Republican senators of the Reconstruction era, as a “thing most rare and precious” who offers the GOP “both an absolution for the past and a shield for the present and future.”
Wilkinson offers little evidence for his thesis, and at least one claim — that Scott has achieved his place in the Senate by being “so far to the right that there was no space for a Tea Party challenge” — that seems to suggest Scott holds his seat through his own political abilities rather than any special racial treatment from the GOP. Nevertheless, he sums up his racial theory confidently:
In a racially charged screed entitled “Do Republicans Lower the Bar for Blacks?” Francis Wilkinson dismisses South Carolina Republican Scott, the first African-American to represent a southern state since the Republican senators of the Reconstruction era, as a “thing most rare and precious” who offers the GOP “both an absolution for the past and a shield for the present and future.”
Wilkinson offers little evidence for his thesis, and at least one claim — that Scott has achieved his place in the Senate by being “so far to the right that there was no space for a Tea Party challenge” — that seems to suggest Scott holds his seat through his own political abilities rather than any special racial treatment from the GOP. Nevertheless, he sums up his racial theory confidently:
In effect, South Carolina Republicans treat Scott like the national party previously treated the ham-handed presidential candidate Herman Cain and the party’s not-quite-competent chairman during Obama’s first term, Michael Steele: They are members of an endangered political species for whom the bar is effectively lowered.For the record, black Democrats are held to the most rigorous standards of excellence and skill: [go to the clips at the link, they are self explanatory]
Affirmative action based on race has taken quite a beating at the Supreme Court, in state legislatures and at the ballot box. In the Republican Party, however, affirmative action can punch your ticket like nobody’s business.
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