Reply #154: yes

[Two Americas]

We agree about "best qualified." I say that an affirmative action approach best achieves that goal. You call that identity politics and that it should not play a role in the selection process.

I am not trying to win the debate with you so much as I am trying to clarify the two positions.

In what way is my argument a straw man argument? I freely admit to struggling to understand what you are actually saying - it is not very clear, in my opinion. But if I have misunderstood your argument, and so misrepresented it, I would like to rectify that. I have no motive to intentionally misrepresent your argument for the purpose of knocking it down. You can't know that, but I welcome you to test it.


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