{"id":6253,"date":"2010-07-24T19:41:13","date_gmt":"2010-07-24T23:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=6253"},"modified":"2010-07-24T19:41:13","modified_gmt":"2010-07-24T23:41:13","slug":"could-jim-webb-be-the-next-daniel-patrick-moynihan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/6253\/could-jim-webb-be-the-next-daniel-patrick-moynihan\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Jim Webb Be the Next Daniel Patrick Moynihan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) entered the pathway of clear thinking statesmanship when he authored <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Negro_Family:_The_Case_For_National_Action \" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Negro Family: The Case for National Action<\/em><\/a>, a landmark study on the forces ripping apart the black family and with it, black society.\u00a0 The study became known colloquially as <em>The Moynihan Report<\/em>, catapulting a little known LBJ aide into the serious conversations about national policy.<\/p>\n<p>A similar moon shot might happen to Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) after publishing an article calling for <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748703724104575379630952309408.html \" target=\"_blank\">the abolition of affirmative action programs<\/a>.\u00a0 Though the entire column should be read, here are words that should ring true to all Americans:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Where should we go from here? Beyond our continuing obligation to assist those African-Americans still in need, government-directed diversity programs should end.<\/p>\n<p>Nondiscrimination laws should be applied equally among all citizens, including those who happen to be white. The need for inclusiveness in our society is undeniable and irreversible, both in our markets and in our communities. Our government should be in the business of enabling opportunity for all, not in picking winners. It can do so by ensuring that artificial distinctions such as race do not determine outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Memo to my fellow politicians: Drop the Procrustean policies and allow harmony to invade the public mindset. Fairness will happen, and bitterness will fade away.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Much like Moynihan\u2019s salvo over the bow of LBJ\u2019s \u2018War on Poverty,\u2019 Webb\u2019s contribution to America\u2019s race talks is unexpected.\u00a0 Webb\u2019s words also echo the color blind sentiments in Martin Luther King, Jr.\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlkonline.net\/dream.html\" target=\"_blank\">I Have a Dream<\/a>&#8221; speech and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_G._Roberts#Early_decisions \" target=\"_blank\">Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 commonsense observation<\/a> that \u201cthe way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.\u201d<br \/>\nIf nothing else, may Eric \u201c(America is) <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/TheLaw\/story?id=6905255&amp;page=1 \" target=\"_blank\">a nation of cowards<\/a> (on race)\u201d Holder is congratulating Senator Webb for manning up and offering his thoughts\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) entered the pathway of clear thinking statesmanship when he authored The Negro Family: The Case for National Action, a landmark study on the forces ripping apart the black family and with it, black society.\u00a0 The study became known colloquially as The Moynihan Report, catapulting a little known LBJ aide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1042,1598,1045,498,1599,941,1597,1596,1600],"class_list":["post-6253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-affirmative-action","tag-daniel-patrick-moynihan","tag-discrimination","tag-eric-holder","tag-jim-webb","tag-john-roberts","tag-jr","tag-martin-luther-king","tag-war-on-poverty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6255,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6253\/revisions\/6255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}