Obama’s Quota Quest
His claims to the contrary, the president is a longtime defender of racial preferences.
6 November 2012
During his 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama denied any political connection between himself and the Reverend Jeremiah Wright Jr., his controversial pastor of 20 years. But in fact, Obama and Wright did collaborate politically: just a decade before, the two men worked to pressure the University of Illinois-Chicago’s medical school to implement racial preferences in both faculty hiring and student recruitment. The episode sheds light on how the president’s dedication to racial preferences has shaped his policy agenda. ...
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