{"id":8779,"date":"2013-05-17T13:55:15","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T13:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/05\/17\/the-liberal-quota-mentality-illustrated-once-again\/"},"modified":"2013-05-17T13:55:15","modified_gmt":"2013-05-17T13:55:15","slug":"the-liberal-quota-mentality-illustrated-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2013\/05\/17\/the-liberal-quota-mentality-illustrated-once-again\/","title":{"rendered":"The Liberal Quota Mentality Illustrated Once Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">If blacks make up 12% of the student population, then blacks ought to make up 12% of school expulsions.&#0160; Fair is fair.&#0160; Discrimination on the basis of skin color is wrong.&#0160; But in Clark County, Nevada, in&#0160;2009-2010 black student expulsions&#0160;were at 43% of the student population.&#0160; So Clark County is racist.&#0160; 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