Opinion: March 9, 2011 buzz: Liberated by Charlie Sheen; honored by Daniel Craig; confused over ‘whites-only’ scholarship
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Most Viewed: He’s Charlie Sheen, and you’re not
Forget Libya. Forget Peter King. Forget Guantanamo. We’re a country that’s gone mad for Charlie Sheen, the actor who started #winning after he was fired by “Two and a Half Men” and started drinking #tigerblood. Fortunately, we can’t relate –- and that’s liberated us from the illusions we harbor about stars. In fact, stars are not just like us.
Most commented: ‘Whites-only’ isn’t diversity
In an editorial about a Texas scholarship that excludes nonwhites, the board led with a question: “If there are scholarships and loan programs and government contracts set aside for blacks and Latinos, can there be similar set-asides for whites?” It appears that’s when many readers stopped reading and started commenting. If they had, read to the end, they’d have gotten to the heart of the argument:
Scholarships and other arrangements that favor racial minorities are generally an attempt to counter the effects of centuries of white privilege. And despite what some people might believe, those effects haven’t gone away. This country has done much to overcome its history of racism, but gaping disparities in education and wealth persist.
Trending on Facebook: International Women’s Day: Actor Daniel Craig in drag is no match for the gender inequality in China
Tuesday marked the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. It was a day to reflect how far we’ve come –- and how far we have to go. A special thanks to Daniel Craig for wearing a dress, we think.
-- Alexandra Le Tellier
