I admit to being concerned about Kagan's hires at Harvard

dsc

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Sun May-09-10 08:12 PM
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I admit to being concerned about Kagan's hires at Harvard

The conservatives, no problem provided they are competent. The lack of diversity, big problem. 28 of 29 were white with one Asian. No blacks, no Hispanics, no Native Americans. 23 of the 29 were men. Honestly, this is a bit disturbing. I can't give an exact number of people of color I think she should have hired but it is more than 0. I don't think this record disqualifiers her but I would like some explanation.

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HughMoran

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Sun May-09-10 08:21 PM
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1. Valid concern

Nothing to discuss about it IMO, it's just a fact to consider.

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windy_city88

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Sun May-09-10 08:52 PM
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2. Any idea how many people of color applied for the open positions?

And if there were was their race the reason why they were not hired?

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dsc

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Sun May-09-10 08:58 PM
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3. That is what Affirmative Action is for

to help places like Harvard get better representation on their faculties.

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windy_city88

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Sun May-09-10 09:08 PM
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4. How confident are you that Kagen had a racially diverse pool to choose from?

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dsc

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Sun May-09-10 09:14 PM
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5. then she needed to find one if she didn't

that is the point of affirmative action. You actively search for a more diverse pool. Certainly on women she had to have had a more diverse pool than that which she chose. Women made up over 40% of law degrees in the 1980's so they would have made up about the same number of qualified candidates for her to choose from. I will admit that it would have been likely harder to find alot of qualifed people of color but certainly some shouldn't have been that hard to find. Yale managed to hire as many people of color as she did despite hiring a third as many people and they hired more women than she did.

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depakid

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Sun May-09-10 09:15 PM
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6. Actually, quite confident- considering the faculty that I've seen at other institutions

Should be interesting to see the reaction among the racist crowd- Jeff Sessions being the one to watch.

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Clio the Leo

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Sun May-09-10 09:16 PM
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7. yeah, but the black dude who picked her probably took it into consideration...

.... I'm not naive enough to think that the President knows EVERYTHING, but when it comes to matters of ethnic diversity, I trust his judgment. ;)

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dsc

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Sun May-09-10 09:19 PM
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8. this would be the same President who couldn't find one single, solitary, openly gay person to serve

in his cabinet. Just saying. I will give you that he may well have gotten a decent explanation from her in that regard. I hope it gets shared with us.

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Clio the Leo

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Sun May-09-10 09:24 PM
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9. lol ... Which is why I SPECIFICALLY said, "ethnic"....

Edited on Sun May-09-10 09:26 PM by Clio the Leo

.... I made a POINT of saying ETHNIC diversity since was what you were addressing. ;)

Dont MAKE me get ethnic on you! :p

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Clio the Leo

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Sun May-09-10 09:34 PM
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10. And he's known her since 1991....

.... He nominated her to the DC circuit court in 1999. I doubt she had to give him an explanation, he knows her character. It's not like he just read about her in the last few years. (which one would normally presume)

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burning rain

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Sun May-09-10 09:41 PM
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11. Well, maybe Br'er Graham & Br'er Sessions will cotton to her.

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