Affirmative Action for Rich White Kids

Do you think George Bush got into Harvard based on his grades, his SAT score, or a combination of them? Do you think he got into Yale and obtained an MBA because his grades at Harvard were so outstanding. The answer is probably no to all of the above.

It's not a great big secret, like Pat Buchanan's immigration conspiracy of the "North American Union." However, rich white kids like George have benefited from their own private affirmative action program for years.

The program just goes by another name. It is not formalized and you will never see anything in writing about it. George was a "legacy." To be a legacy means that your rich family over time has given, or will tacitly agree to give, the Ivy League school they want you to attend, millions of dollars for endowments, scholarships, etc.

That answers the riddle that many people often ponder. How could anyone so intellectually lacking and inarticulate as George make it into an Ivy League school? I imagine he is not the only conservative who got into an Ivy League school on a "legacy" basis and who opposes affirmative action for blacks.

Whenever a conservative voices opposition to affirmative action because it deprives a deserving white an opportunity to attend Harvard, Yale or another Ivy League school, think of George and others like him. For years, their fathers and grandfathers made sure rich white boys like George got a spot at an Ivy League school instead of a more deserving, but not rich, black man or woman.

George is the perfect example of how the government has done a much better job at running an affirmative action program for blacks than rich elites did for their own children.