Diversity Hypocrisy at the Times

I wrote with approval about the Supreme Court's decision in RICCI ET AL. v. DESTEFANO ET AL. and the next day, to no one's surprise really, the New York Times editorialized, "On Monday, the Supreme Court dealt a blow to diversity in the American workplace." On July 14, 2009, Maureen Dowd of the New York Times wrote a critical column called, "White Man's Last Stand."

Today the American Spectator takes on Ms. Dowd and the Times for their diversity hypocrisy. It seems that the Time editorial board if very white (12% Black and Latino), as is the Op-Ed team of columnists including Ms. Dowd (19% Black, 0% Latino)) -- much whiter that the New Haven Fire Department (43% minority). A sample:

That's right. At the core of the beating intellectual heart of the left-wing establishment where such things are studied with the detail of Talmudic scholars, the New Haven fire department is doing more than three times better on race than the very liberal elites who have set themselves up as its sniffy critics. Perhaps instead of seething about "Firefighters and Race" the Times would have been better served by pondering "Editorial Writers and Race." Or perhaps: "Too Black to Write; New York Times Column Writing and Race."

It is well done. (Note: I do not accuse the New York Times of being any more racist than any other liberal group, i.e., the subtle Racism of low expectations, and typical liberal condescension, just affirmative action hypocrisy.)