Ms. McGhee didn't directly answer the question about racial preferences, even though it was put to her in a watered-down form, asking simply if it isn't counterproductive. The real question is "How do you justify advocating something that on its face is illegal under the same law that makes it illegal to have a government program that says 'blacks need not apply'?"

Saying that "Well, the law hasn't gotten us what we want, so we'll have to ignore it," isn't a workable system.

I question other aspects of Ms. McGhee's descriptions and prescriptions, but this one seems the most blatantly and demonstrably wrong.