Ward Connerly: ‘This is like my son’
Kathryn Lopez of National Review interviewed the American Civil Rights Institute’s Ward Connerly on Inauguration Day.
Connerly notes that when he and his wife were married, interracial marriage was outlawed. He knows what Barack Obama’s parents went through. To see the product of an interracial marriage become president of the United States is indeed historic.
“Being colorblind doesn’t necessarily mean that you don’t see color; it means that you discard its influence when you see it,” Connerly said. “I have been roundly criticized by blacks for over a decade as being naive about this, as they assert the inherent racism of Americans. I gloat, in this instance, to say that they were wrong.”
Lopez asks Connerly, “What’s your wildest dream about Barack Obama?”
“That he will say, ‘My fellow Americans, Ward Connerly is right about race preferences being a violation of all that is good about our beloved nation. Therefore, today, I am issuing an Executive Order that will require all federal agencies and all of those who receive federal funds to obey the law of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.’”
I’d pay good money to hear that, Mr. Connerly!
