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http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/08/24/pat-buchanan-whites-are-only-group-you-can-discriminate-against-legal#ixzz2cuHiqxo3
Syndicated columnist Pat Buchanan made a statement Friday guaranteed to make liberal media members' heads spin.
During a discussion about Affirmative Action on PBS's
McLaughlin Group,
Buchanan said, "Whites are the only group that you can discriminate
against legally in America now" (video follows with transcript and
commentary):
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, HOST: Are you saying college admissions should be based on diversity?
ELEANOR CLIFT, NEWSWEEK/DAILY BEAST: Yeah, I mean, I think lots of
factors go into diversity. I think race can be one of them, and I think
the Supreme Court so far agrees with that.
MCLAUGHLIN: 67 percent opposed it, 28, you’re in the minority. Only 28 percent are in favor of it.
PAT BUCHANAN: It should be based on excellence, John.
CLIFT: As long as the Supreme Court agrees with me, I’m fine.
BUCHANAN: It should be like the NFL: whoever’s the best player plays,
and whoever does best academically should be advanced. What is wrong
with that?
MICHELLE BERNARD: Here’s a question I have. One of the things I always
say because I think you can measure diversity in a lot of ways, but I
think there’s an argument to be said that the greatest Affirmative
Action program that there is in the country is being born white. There
is a natural assumption when you are applying to institutions of higher
education that you are excellent or you are more superb than others.
BUCHANAN: With due respect, whites are the only group that you can discriminate against legally in America now.
It may be a shocking thing to say on television, but is Buchanan right?
Please also see ‘We’ve Gone From Martin Luther King to Al Sharpton…It’s Very Dispiriting’ and MSNBC's Bernard: ‘Country Has Become More Race Conscious’ Since Obama Elected.
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