Some Conservatives feel that “if” Condoleezza Rice ran for President, her views on Affirmative Action might be an issue. Allow me to explain why you have no need to worry about her values on this issue. First Affirmative Action is inherently unconstitutional. You can’t make things fair by denying some better qualified kid a spot because they have the wrong skin tone. Condoleezza Rice has said that she supports Affirmative Action and this causes some concern for Conservatives that actually read our Constitution. Because we, unlike some other Americans, don’t make up what America should be as we go along. We look at the agreed upon rules within the Constitution and work from there. If somebody does not like the rules, then that’s what Constitutional Amendments are for.

I think that Condoleezza Rice’s view of Affirmative Action has been misunderstood by some Conservatives. Just because she says she supports Affirmative Action, does not mean she’s some Left Wing Nut on the issue. Let’s look at the facts regarding Dr. Rice and this issue. Most recently, in the University of Michigan Affirmative Action case that went before the US Supreme Court. All real Conservatives supported the Bush Administration’s efforts to challenge the policy of giving people “points” because of their race. Well who do you think was the key player behind that effort to challenge the policy? If you guess Dr. Rice you guess right!

This article where the MSM was focusing on Colin Powell’s position on the issue, also reveals that Condi had a different point of view.

Also, while she was provost at Stanford University, she ensured that race did not become an over riding factor in the selection process:

Yes she did allow race to be considered in the early selection process, but she is not in favor of better qualified candidates being overlooked for a “diversity” candidate. As she mentioned herself:

So yes she does consider race, but does not allow it to get in the way of hiring the best qualified candidate.

Her view of the word “Affirmative Action” is nothing like that of some others, who feel race should give someone a special boost in the selection process. There is no record of her ever intentionally denying a position or opportunity to anyone better qualified than their peers because that person was not a minority.

Since I’ve covered a lot here about colleges and Affirmative Action, I must say that I feel “legacy admissions” are also an unfair practice. Legacy admissions being when the child of a former school’s graduate is given special placement above others trying to get into a school. This means of entry has caused many more qualified people to be denied entry into schools than Affirmative Action ever has. I think that Affirmative Action is the big Red Herring, that while unfair gets blamed for way more than other unfair practices like legacy admissions, that has a much larger impact against qualified college candidates. Legacy admissions is unconstitutional, because it provides institutional access via birthright. Birthright access is something that is from the old British method of “royal blood” type access. America’s founders wanted to avoid this and the Constitution clearly denounces the practice.

I feel access to a University should be based solely on test scores and other criteria outside of race and who your daddy is .

Related post: Dick Morris avoids the toughest question about Condoleezza Rice running for President

Other recent discussions about Condi are at La Shawn Barber’s Corner and Booker Rising.