The election is proof affirmative action works and shows we need a lot more. He acknowledges he got into Columbia and Harvard Law through it. And now he's become the first affirmative action President. Elected essentially because he was editor of Harvard Law Review.
Thats whats going to happen on that front.
The Harvard Law Review finally decided to reprint five days before the election, "Record Retrospective: Obama on AFFIRMATIVE ACTION - Election, 2008" a letter by then Harvard Law Review president Barack Obama about his personal experience with AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.
It is one of the only items publicly available from his (law) school days; even though he was Law Review president he apparently published little or no law research.
The original letter was published in Volume 91, Number 7 (November 16, 1990) of the Harvard Law Record nearly 18 years ago.
Apparently the letter was prompted by student Jimmy Chen who disagreed with AFFIRMATIVE ACTION and complaints that not enough women were chosen for the august Harvard Law Review.
"I'd also like to add one personal note, in response to the letter from Mr. Jim Chen which was published in the October 26 issue of the RECORD, and which articulated broad objections to the Review's general AFFIRMATIVE ACTION policy. I respect Mr. Chen's personal concern over the possible stigmatizing effects of AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, and do not question the depth or sincerity of his feelings. I must say, however, that as someone who has undoubtedly benefited from AFFIRMATIVE ACTION programs during my academic career, and as someone who may have benefited from the Law Review's AFFIRMATIVE ACTION policy when I was selected to join the Review last year, I have not personally felt stigmatized either within the broader law school community or as a staff member of the Review."
Hmmm, so Obama admitted long ago that he "has undoubtedly benefited from AFFIRMATIVE ACTION programs during my academic career, and as someone who may have benefited from the Law Review's Review's AFFIRMATIVE ACTION policy" but he didn't feel stigmatized even though he undoubtedly looked different than other Law Review presidents. Very telling.
hat tip: Jay Nordlinger, NRO
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