Walsh to Matthews on affirmative action: "Don't race-bait me"

Matthews cites "tradition" as explanation for why firefighters are overwhelmingly Irish American. Role of race still a sore subject.

Joan Walsh @ Salon.com Wrote:

If the outcome of the New Haven case doesnt make you a little squeamish, youre not really paying attention. The issue is not (no pun intended) black and white. But the white male pundit fraternity has taken up the cause of the white New Haven firefighters with dispiriting volume and a total lack of complexity. George Will got there before Cohen, and tonight "Hardball's" Chris Matthews and Pat Buchanan joined them, in a two-on-one smackdown against yours truly, in which I hope I held my own.

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[Juwar74]

i'm black and I agree with Pat Buchanan, someone i have never seen eye to eye on anything. if the guys got a higher score, let them get what they deserved. the only suspicion that might come up is if the dept deliberately change some results of minorities in order to discriminate against them, but that is almost impossible to prove. it also tackles the problem with blacks and testing, their education growing up and their work ethic etc.

[StoogeWatcher]

Racist liberals support quota systems.

[derivativesarecool]

On the issue of the test...

For the "cultural bias" of standardized tests, it becomes very clear that...

Tests aren't fair because fewer black kids know the definition of words like "mauve".

[mrbriscoe2001]

this is why Libs get the "Elitist" Label;when Joan voluntarily gives up HER job for racial justice,Ill listen to her..not holding my breath...

[lamiac2411]

A test that is "rigged" for the white man's benefit??!! ROFL!! R u fucking kidding me? How is that even possible?

[ashleysutton1985]

will somebody shut her up just pass the test if you fail you should not be rewarded that's nuts

[myluvis4all]

total bullshit! fucking study and make the grade, or find a less academically challenging job! this is total bullshit, and joan walsh is a total wack job

[HandyMan101]

@lafmassive You don't know your history.

Liberals are for bigger government.

Government extended segregation.

Look it up before you say something stupid.

[HandyMan101]

@StoogeWatcher Affirmative action is by definition.. racist.



[HandyMan101]

one more woman that thinks with her emotions

not with her brain

[lafmassive]

Conservatives seek to preserve status quos while Liberals seek NEW and innovative ways to improve human life. Tell me how slavery ends without Liberals. Lincoln was a Liberal, a radical and so were Republicans then. The Dems were the conservatives then. So to hell with the conservatives who dream about the glory days of the past when women were their footstool and minorities were their whipping boys. Their time is running out. Listen to ya boy Michael Savage. Fuck you all. Change is happening!

[lafmassive]

They never supported it nor did they support civil rights or even womens' equal rights. Social Conservatives are patently against any measure that threatens the "fabric" of America (the America where white supremacy is the law of the land) Those days are coming to an end and as a result, the conservatives are screaming as they have down throughout history. They screamed about FDR, LBJ and now they are bent on "stopping" Obama's policies even if it means getting him killed. Fuck conservatives.