U.s. Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action As California Did In 1996 – Both Led By Black Men – Vlog

U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action As California Did In 1996 – Both Led By Black Men – Vlog

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U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action As California Did In 1996 – Both Led By Black Men

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U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action As California Did In 1996 – Both Led By Black Mens

That the U.S. Supreme Court today elected to stop the use of affirmative action policies in college admissions, reminded me of when it happened in California in 1996. Like today, and African American Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, there was a man who was a U.C. Regent, a black man named Ward Connerly.

I was at the Press Conference after the U.C. Regents made the awful decision, and the spritual leader of the effort, Connerly, was about to take the podium. I was there as press for The Montclarion, where I was a columnist, and here comes Mr. Connerly, with a noticeble scowl on his face, expecting to be called names and seemingly salavating over the prospect of it. I thought Ward was weird, to be frank, and it seemed to me, he hated being black. So, rather than ask a question that attacked him, I wanted to see what he would do if I tossed the opposite kind of query – how did he feel being a hero?

When asked, you could see him gearing up for my question, then when it came out, he had to stop and pause and think. He waited a long time, it seemed to me. But that was all the proof I needed. Ward did that to punish other black people for not being like him: republican and accepted by white people. It was an ugly action, and one that fuels Clarence Thomas today. It’s the ultimate proof of the mental damage racism has done to black Americans.

Now, I’m not talking about interracial dating or pairing at all because love happens for all sorts of reasons – and that brings us together. I’m talking about why a person would seek to change laws so people who look like them are harmed the most. That’s what Mr. Connerly and Mr. Thomas have done in my lifetime.

Now, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s actions, we have to cope with the spectre of racism being allowed to flurish with new power. Even though it will be opposed in actual life, there will be those who are nutcase enough to think that black folks got where they were because of affirmative action, rather than because they were the best and affirmative action made white society see their accomplishments and say “That person’s the best. Bring them in.”

Taking away affirmative action is tough. For me, when I was admitted to the UC Berkeley Planning School after being number one on the wait list, I was scared that I was going to be an “affirmative action” pick. That was 1985. Kaye Bock, the admissions secretary for DCRP, assured me that was not the case – I was the best. But what I realized over time was the nastiness of racism made affirmative action a neccesary thing. Now, to get rid of it just because we have Supreme Court with a conservative majority, and just three years after George Floyd is nothing short of tone-deaf.

But the real tone-deaf are those who look like me who hate being black. The Five Black Memphis Police Officers and 17 staffers, mostly black, who made life almost impossible for young black boys and men. The blacks in tech venture capital who act like because they made it they can act just like their white counterparts and treat black startup founders like crap. The list goes on.

How we got here is a black problem. It’s a halmark of how badly racism has messed up our heads. Lack of black love of self as an individual black person – one who is the best and should stand out in the World, rather than hide from it — is the biggest problem of all.

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