Dear Americans,
Affirmative action was never about admitting unqualified Black kids. It was always about ensuring qualified Black kids could also get accepted despite a world of systemic racism.
The “unqualified admission” you’re thinking of are legacy students—like how Kavanaugh got into Yale.
And there was reporting/testimony he sexually assaulted Dr. Ford and at least one other classmate.
So much of the "Might Makes Right" ideology of racist Republicans can be explained by the allure of unaccountable power & crimes with impunity
The "right" to abuse the poor, migrants, PoC, and women.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/us/politics/affirmative-action-college-admissions-supreme-court.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/09/the-uncomfortable-truth-about-campus-rape-policy/538974/
The "right" to abuse children and evade accountability. Lawsuits just become a cottage industry & "cost of doing business".
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/us/illinois-catholic-church-sex-abuse.html
https://www.vox.com/culture/23131530/southern-baptist-convention-sexual-abuse-scandal-guidepost
https://apnews.com/article/california-child-sexual-assault-lawsuit-settlement-b0b80f5f6cd3fdb3882f8ba4ed78bc29
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The GOP made excuses during #MeToo , the Roger Ailes / Bill O'Reilly scandal, and during Brett Kavanagh's confirmation.
For the GOP, it's never an issue of right or wrong, it is always about political or economic gain.
"Ruining a boy's future over a few youthful indiscretions" figured prominently.
https://prospect.org/labor/cultures-impunity/
https://www.equalitynow.org/news_and_insights/the-culture-of-impunity-needs-to-be-addressed/
The media framed it as "the accusers of Roger Ailes" instead of ...
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... "Roger Ailes & Bill O'Reilly - decades long sexual predators".
https://www.axios.com/2017/12/15/heres-a-list-of-all-the-oreillyailes-accusers-1513301331
Impunity culture is part of a deeply ingrained culture of public corruption
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