Once again, we see the foes of equal opportunity and non-discrimination pimping the corpse of Rosa Parks to score cheap political points. TodayÂ’s guilty party? One United Michigan, an group opposed to ending racial discrimination in government programs and college admissions.

After a Michigan appeals court ordered that a proposed state constitutional amendment to end affirmative action in college admissions be placed on the ballot for consideration by Michigan voters, the spokesman for One United Michigan dragged out the dead woman and sexed her up for the press.

"The irony is that in the week when the country is paying tribute to Rosa Parks, this is an effort to turn Michigan civil rights efforts back to pre-1950 levels," said David Waymire, spokesman for One United Michigan, a coalition of business, labor, religious and political groups opposed to the plan.

No, the irony is that you would use the occasion of the death of a woman who fought for a society in which the government did not distribute benefits based upon race as a tool for promoting the distribution of government benefits based upon race.

You used the unburied body of this heroine for civil rights to argue that blacks and other minorities are incapable of competing intellectually and academically against whites.

You turned the concept of civil rights for all into “government gimmes” for the few of the right hue.

After all, affirmative action judges based upon the color of oneÂ’s skin rather than the content of oneÂ’s character or the merit of oneÂ’s skills and abilities. And your position is nothing less than an affirmation of the old, pre-1950 belief that blacks just donÂ’t have the same level of talent, skill, and ability to compete with white folks.

Frankly, Mr. Waymire, you disgust me, for your position is no different than that of the KKK. And that you would use Rosa Parks to promote such offends me even more.

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