Virginia Senator Webb Calls for End to Diversity Programs

[Hermie]

I really think this guy has possibilities.
He appears to have some honesty and wisdom.
Haven't found the link to the column he wrote.
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Virginia Senator Webb Calls for End to Diversity Programs
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/23/virginia-senator-webb-calls-end-diversity-programs/?test=latestnews
Published July 23, 2010

Sen. Jim Webb is calling for an end to government-run diversity programs, saying they've only disadvantaged poor whites and hurt the cause of racial harmony.

In a column that appeared in Friday's Wall Street Journal, Webb argues that diversity programs have "marginalized many white workers."

He argues that the programs now jump new immigrants over similarly situated whites, and that diversity efforts now slight black Americans who were their original beneficiaries.

Webb spokeswoman Jessica Smith said the senator feels the column speaks for itself and would not comment on it.

The issue of ethnicity helped Webb win his seat in 2006 when Republican Sen. George Allen called a Webb aide of Indian descent "macaca," a slur in some cultures.


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[Apparition]

I think it's quite a good editorial:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703724104575379630952309408.html


Although I disagree with his opinion that it was good at the time, the rest of it mentions that racially and ethnically preferential treatment includes people of certain races/ethnicities while simultaneously excluding people based on race/ethnicity despite its intent to mitigate past racism.

The whole concept of govt-mandated affirmative action and quotas is a belief in the logical fallacy of "two wrongs make a right": some people of a certain race oppressed other people of a certain race and now that the policy reverses itself, harmony will ensue.

Webb seems to have a decent opinion on this issue but don't forget that he's also voted for many atrocious legislation including the TARP, DREAM act, stimulus, obamacare, financial "reform" bill, etc.