“For nearly half a century substantial numbers of Black students at and Black graduates of elite White colleges—such as Barack and Michelle Obama—have proven they match their White counterparts in intelligence, ambition, and determination to contribute to the nation,” Lee Daniels writes in an NNPA (an association of black newspapers) article for the Pittsburgh Courier But, still, the anti-affirmative action propaganda is saturated with thinly-disguised assertions of Black inferiority. ” But, still, the anti-affirmative action propaganda is saturated with thinly-disguised assertions of Black inferiority.”
On the contrary, it is the defenders of affirmative action who at least implicitly assume blacks are inferior. If they really believed black college and job applicants “match their White counterparts” in ability, they would feel no need to demand continued preferential treatment.
