{"id":32737,"date":"2018-03-01T20:37:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T01:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=32737"},"modified":"2018-03-01T20:37:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T01:37:08","slug":"racism-goes-both-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=32737","title":{"rendered":"Racism Goes Both Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"

Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/a> once stated, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” That is a dream all of us should have. People seeking jobs should be judged not according to their sex or whatever minority they may belong to, but by their qualifications. Unfortunately that is a lesson that some Americans<\/a> have not yet learned.<\/p>\n

The Washington Examiner<\/a> posted an article today about the nomination of Marvin Quattlebaum to the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Sen. Chuck Schumer<\/a>, D-N.Y, said Thursday he would vote against the confirmation of one of President Trump\u2019s judicial nominees because the candidate is white.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is not a loose paraphrase<\/a> of what he said. It is nearly verbatim his explanation for his \u201cno\u201d vote on the nomination of Marvin Quattlebaum to the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. The only thing missing is the senator stating specifically that he couldn’t support a white nominee because two African-American nominees had failed to pass a Senate<\/a> vote.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article points out:<\/p>\n

First, it is morally wrong to deny a person a job because of his skin color. You can argue that Republican senators did the same to the President Barack Obama<\/a>-appointed African-American nominees, but that relies on suspicion and theory \u2014 they were probably rejected for reasons of political partisanship. The senator from New York, on the other hand, is saying outright that he will not vote for Quattlebaum’s nomination because he is white.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Secondly, please. This isn’t about diversity. This is politics.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lastly, Schumer\u2019s speech is humorous considering he is the minority leader of a governing body that is overwhelmingly white and male. There are currently only 22 female senators, 17 Democratic and five Republican. We started this year with only 21, but Sen. Al Franken<\/a>\u2019s exit opened the door for Minnesota<\/a>\u2019s former lieutenant governor, Tina Smith<\/a>, to take his seat.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are also only three black senators out of 100, according to the Senate webpage<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s extremely<\/em> unlikely Schumer, himself a white male, will step aside anytime soon to balance out the mix.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Refusing to vote for a judicial nominee because he is white is no different than refusing to vote for a judicial nominee because he is black. Both actions are racist. It would be wonderful if those claiming everyone else is racist would stop doing racist things themselves.<\/p>\n

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