Political Quotes

“Jerome Holmes has made some troubling statements about affirmative action and the use of race in our society. He has said: [Affirmative action] policies necessarily divide us along racial lines, and establish a spoils system based upon skin color. . . . [t]he [Supreme] court upheld the affirmative action policy of the university's law school [in the 2003 Michigan case]. And in so doing, it missed an important opportunity to drive the final nail in the coffin of affirmative action. . . . [r]ace-based scholarship programs . . . [are] constitutionally dubious and morally offensive racial classifications. . . . Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and their ilk have little to offer me or other African-Americans in the 21st century. They continue to peddle a misguided and dangerous message of victimization. . . . As long as Jackson and company can successfully portray African-Americans as victims to the public at large, they'll be able to wring concessions out of educational institutions like Harvard University and corporate America. . . . Mr. Holmes didn't make just an occasional comment against affirmative action. He has written over a dozen columns and op-ed pieces expressing his views on race and affirmative action. I understand and accept that people in good faith can disagree about issues of race and the merits of affirmative action. It is a hard issue for many people and it stirs passions on both sides. But Mr. Holmes' statements are those of an ideological soldier.…”