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W.'s Preferences

In the July 23, 1999 issue of The National Review, John O'Sullivan questions George W. Bush's position on racial preferences. Although the heavy favorite for Republican nomination, many conservatives are skeptical of George W. Bush's seemingly non-committal stance on eliminating affirmative action. O'Sullivan writes, "The governor has said plainly that he will 'eliminate' racial and ethnic preferences, but he couples this statement of opposition with an equally strong commitment to something called 'affirmative access' (i.e., non-preferential ways of providing opportunity to minorities and the disadvantaged)." Juxtapose that with the Bush brothers' efforts to quell a Floridian version of California's Proposition 209 and W. Bush's signing of a Texas law that will guarantee the top 10 percent of every high school class admission into Texas state universities (which some argue supports racial preference), and W. Bush's actions seems to contradict his seeming rhetoric.

Thu, 16 Mar 2000 07:30:56 -0800