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The issue, of course, is politics and not substance. The goal is not a thoughtful and just world, but a world that reflects preconceived notions of those who want to exercise power.

Suppose Summers said he simply had no idea why there are fewer women on science faculties. Or suppose he suggested it is impossible to understand. These responses too would have been unacceptable. The only acceptable response could have been what those protesting wanted to hear. Discrimination.

The women's movement began with complaints about women being stereotyped and being treated like objects.

But quotas amount to treating people like objects. As do generalizations that correlate earnings to gender. However, dehumanization that produces politically acceptable results is fine to those who like the results it produces.

I discuss in my book "Uncle Sam's Plantation" the meaninglessness of the term "minority." What is it? It obviously has nothing to do with numbers. There are certainly ethnic groups that are fewer in numbers than blacks or Hispanics that are not considered minorities.

Black history is unique. There is no other group whose ancestors were dragged here in chains and enslaved. What is it that we have in common with other groups who are labeled "minority"?

"Minority," of course, cannot be defined because it is a label that is purely political and used exclusively for politically motivated purposes. These purposes, through all sorts of attempts at special treatment, wind up producing the same dehumanization that we supposedly want to combat.

This former welfare mother has news that may disappoint many on the faculty at Harvard. There are no ultimate political solutions to making this a better or more just world.

I would suggest to them to consider "thou shalt not covet" as a productive alternative to head counting. And I would suggest that the use of universities in the honest pursuit of knowledge rather than politics will produce a far better world.

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Star Parker is president of CURE, Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education; www.urbancure.org

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