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“Equality Requires Effort”

So said Judge Sotomaytor in response to a question by Sen. Kohl on racial discrimination and diversity.

But what about Chief Justice Roberts’s elegant statement to the contrary on  racial relations and equality? “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”

What kind of “effort” matters, too. Does she mean still more state-sanctioned or -required discrimination? That’s a question to which the Senate must demand a response.

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July 14, 2009 “Equality Requires Effort” « Conservative Thoughts and Profundity writes:

[...] “Equality Requires Effort” Posted in Heritage.com by nhiemstra on July 14, 2009 via: Heritage [...]

July 14, 2009 Commentary » Blog Archive » Happy Bastille Day! writes:

[...] Judge Sotomayor, in replying to a question by Sen. Kohl on racial discrimination and diversity, argued that “equality requires effort.” If this is simply a way of saying that acting in a way that [...]

July 14, 2009 Commentary » Blog Archive » Happy Bastille Day! writes:

[...] Judge Sotomayor, in replying to a question by Sen. Kohl on racial discrimination and diversity, argued that “equality requires effort.” If this is simply a way of saying that acting in a way that [...]

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