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Nevilledog

(51,201 posts)
Thu Feb 4, 2021, 01:48 PM Feb 2021

Newsmax guest: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was "chosen probably for his skin color..."



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Newsmax guest: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was "chosen probably for his skin color rather than qualifications"
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Newsmax guest: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was "chosen probably for his skin color..." (Original Post) Nevilledog Feb 2021 OP
And I don't watch Newsmax for its red color. Oldem Feb 2021 #1
Of course, being a distinguished general had nothing to do with it... dlk Feb 2021 #2
My brother watches Newsmax every now and then. TexasTowelie Feb 2021 #3
white people are never chosen for being white. Voltaire2 Feb 2021 #4
My thoughts exactly. That a-hole got to be where he is largely... brush Feb 2021 #8
Betsy DeVos, Rick Perry, Ben Carson...cough...cough. GoCubsGo Feb 2021 #5
Someone who would only hire a black person in order to be able to say they hired a black person StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #6
Kick dalton99a Feb 2021 #7

TexasTowelie

(112,451 posts)
3. My brother watches Newsmax every now and then.
Thu Feb 4, 2021, 01:57 PM
Feb 2021

A few weeks ago one of the guests was making a comment that Biden was selecting his Cabinet to fill diversity quotas rather than picking the most qualified people for the job. I thought was such a crock because the selections Biden made are very well qualified for their positions, and especially ironic in light of some of the least qualified individuals that Trump selected by Trump in his cabinet.

Voltaire2

(13,194 posts)
4. white people are never chosen for being white.
Thu Feb 4, 2021, 02:01 PM
Feb 2021

ever.
never happened.
total coincidence that almost everyone in positions of power happens to be a white male.

brush

(53,876 posts)
8. My thoughts exactly. That a-hole got to be where he is largely...
Thu Feb 4, 2021, 02:55 PM
Feb 2021

because of white, male privilege and doesn't even know it.

GoCubsGo

(32,095 posts)
5. Betsy DeVos, Rick Perry, Ben Carson...cough...cough.
Thu Feb 4, 2021, 02:07 PM
Feb 2021

EVERY LAST ONE of the previous administration's cabinet members was not only unqualified, most, if not all were picked in order to destroy the departments they headed. Whoever that person on NewsMarx is can go fuck themselves.

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
6. Someone who would only hire a black person in order to be able to say they hired a black person
Thu Feb 4, 2021, 02:09 PM
Feb 2021

of course, would think that skin color is the only reason a black person is ever hired for anything because why else would anyone hire a black person instead of a white person?

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