In Which Scott Johnson — Unintentionally — Acknowledges His, John’s And Paul’s Own… Myopia

Scott offers what I assume he thinks of as an amusing but poignant piece this morning, proposing about two dozen new laws, like Murphy’s Law — but expanded, and contorted — to the point of being self-mocking.

However, he writes one thing that is true — but not in the way he imagines it. After about 600 years of (mostly-mediocre) whyte men being able to exert unearned dominance in almost every corner of American life, they are finally seeing some measure of what real equality is: when they have to compete on merit — not a smile and a haircut alone, to get a job, etc. And Scott pens this (of course meaning to refer to DEI as an evil):

“…When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination….”

Scott, it is in fact the Bakke case that most exhibited this: in 1978 the Supremes dismissed a case from a whyte student who claimed he couldn’t get into the school of his choosing due to “reverse discrimination” — because he was… whyte. [It admitted him saying only that rigid racial quotas for Davis Med School were impermissible — but the whole person, including prior adversity faced and poverty, and/or racial discrimination… could be permissible plus factors” for admission.]

After that most of these were bounced out of court.

But here we are, nearly a half century later, and Scott, and John and Paul and Tangerine 2.0 have convinced an entire “grievance generation” of whytes, that they are the ones being put upon.

And a few more cases in the last five years have prevailed, and yet held that essays may be used, and rigid test scores alone need not finally determine who is admitted.

But the idea that it is whyte people (whyte men, in particular) who are at a comprehensive society wide disadvantage… well, that’s simply… preposterous. As it was in 1978 — through to today. No… these folks’ problem.. is that they’ve grown up thinking (wrongly) they are entitled to the vast bulk of our nation’s wealth.

Out — and onward, as a truly “Mediocre Whyte Guy” — but aware of his many faults and limitations. Grin.