Out of mind as soon as out of sight.
The Grutter and Gratz decisions, taken together, represent a sad and tragic chapter in American history.
If I have learned one thing from life, it is that race is the engine that drives the political Left. When all else fails, that segment of America goes to the default position of using race to achieve its objectives. In the courtrooms, on college campuses, and, most especially, in our politics, race is a central theme. Where it does not naturally rise to the surface, there are those who will manufacture and amplify it.
Supporting segregation need not be racist. One can believe in segregation and believe in equality of the races.
Freedom is such a precious commodity. Yet sometimes the freest of people devalue it the most.
I would contend that we place no other value above the right to be free. We will die for our freedom. In fact, we believe freedom is sufficiently important that we will even die so that others around the globe might be free.
Passionate ideological opposition to race preferences does not seem to be part of the Bush DNA, and President Bush has been no exception to this rule. . . It is not the legitimate business of government in America to promote 'diversity. '
Once in awhile you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look it right
A good, all-loving god would not destroy his creations no matter how they act. He tells parents to love their children unconditionally. I say 'you first, God. '
When I go home to visit, they never treat me like a celebrity. They still treat me like TJ. If I leave dishes in the sink, they'll let me know.
People always say 'You do racial comedy. ' And I don't, exactly. I do cultural comedy. Because race and culture are two different things. There's black people from America and then there's black people from Africa. Racially, they're the same; culturally, they're extremely different.