White Affirmative Action: Just-Us John Roberts

[Kid Berwyn]

How John Roberts Got to the Top

The Spectre of White Affirmative Action

By LINN WASHINGTON, Jr.
September 28, 2005, CounterPunch

EXCERPT...

Bush's selection of John Roberts for Chief Justice is a glaring example of white affirmative-action irrespective of Roberts' respected legal acumen elevating him above the ranks of an inadequately prepared candidate.

The bigot Bush designated Roberts to replace, the late William Rehnquist, at least spent fourteen years as a Supreme Court Justice before his elevation to Chief Justice.

Roberts has less than three years experience as a federal appeals court judge, getting that lofty position without having any prior judicial experience.

SNIP...

Roberts landed a plum clerkship with a federal appeals judge after his Harvard Law School graduation, followed immediately by a prestige elevating clerkship with US Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist ­ who never hired a black law clerk.

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http://www.counterpunch.org/2005/09/28/the-spectre-of-white-affirmative-action/

A 20 Year-old article that is still news to most everybody in the United States of America.

[Basso8vb]

1. Quid pro quo

He stopped the Florida recount in 2000.

[Kid Berwyn]

2. John Roberts earned his Sgt. Pepper stripes as an Iran-Contra cover-up artiste.

The rise of fascist America was all legal-like.

Know your BFEE:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1002281926

[Polybius]

3. What does BFEE mean?

Google isn't helping.

[enigmania]

5. Bush Family Evil Empire

[Polybius]

6. Thank you!

It's been a while since I've heard that, but now I remember.

[Kid Berwyn]

7. GOOGLE, Yahoo, A.I., etc. etc. etc. seem to have lost that one.

Bush Family Evil Empire -- Bartcop's shorthand for the GOP KKK Fascist International Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Brave New World Order Thing.

A few examples:


Know your BFEE: Nazis couldn’t win WWII, so they backed Bushes.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1547206&mesg_id=1547206


Know your BFEE: Like a NAZI

https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x133897


Know your BFEE: Merchants of Death

https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3743890


The posts are old, and some of the links they contain may be bad, but the info is solid. And pertinent.

[Johnny2X2X]

4. So few white men realize their own privilege

I was hired at my company 13 years ago, I was surprised I got the job as my resume wasn't that great for the job I wanted and I knew they were interviewing a lot of candidates. Worked really hard, prepared really thoroughly, nailed the interview, got hired, even held out for more money and got it. And then I got to know my new boss, the man who made the hiring decision, total Right Winger. As the years went by, I realized that there's no way I would have been hired if I was anything other than a straight white male. Maybe I was still the best candidate, maybe not, but I know for a fact that guy wouldn't have hired me unless I was the right color and sex. Only worked for him for about a year, and have had amazing bosses since.

Did I work hard getting through college? Yes, I worked hard and got good grades and a degree that is very marketable. Did I work hard in my career before and since? Sure, I have added skills continuously, and I have networked really well. Was I some super disciplined paragon of hard work? No, I did what my peers were doing, I did enough to get by and get ahead, but I am not some wizard or some example of a crazy work ethic.

It's not lost on me that many who worked harder and were more disciplined and did more of the right things than I did didn't get rewarded the way I have been because they were the wrong color, or the wrong sex. And there's also a bit of dumb luck thrown in too. And those are the things too many are blind to. No one wants to hear they didn't work as hard as others, but got more. No one wants to hear that maybe they were just plain lucky to land the job they got either.

I think part of it is a martyr complex people want to have. "When I was young we had to..." It just doesn't dawn on most people that they have it easier than a lot of other people. And it doesn't dawm on people that the reason they have it easier might be race, sex, sexual orientation etc. etc.