Stephen L. Carter Quote

We are measured by a different yardstick: first black, only black, best black. The best black syndrome is cut from the same cloth as the implicit and demeaning tokenism that often accompanies racial preferences: "Oh we'll tolerate so-and-so at our hospital or in our firm or on our faculty because she's the best black."


Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby (1991)


We are measured by a different yardstick: first black, only black, best black. The best black syndrome is cut from the same cloth as the implicit and ...

We are measured by a different yardstick: first black, only black, best black. The best black syndrome is cut from the same cloth as the implicit and ...

We are measured by a different yardstick: first black, only black, best black. The best black syndrome is cut from the same cloth as the implicit and ...

We are measured by a different yardstick: first black, only black, best black. The best black syndrome is cut from the same cloth as the implicit and ...