> Choosing someone for a public office
> based on their gender/religion/ethnicity
> first and their qualifications second
> is as offensive to me in the case of
> choosing "a qualified Hispanic
> woman" as it is "a qualified white man".
> (I'm willing to make an exception in the
> case of challenging a previously
> unchallenged stereotype and not enabling
> a historical hysteria about it, but this
> in particular doesn't seem to qualify.)
It is not offensive to me is because it would
address the inequity in proportionate representation
between white men and minority women in government...
Jon
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